Etymology

coprodiagnosis

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Today it means: diagnosis by means of the examination of feces / stools Full definition →

English diagnosis ← Latin diagnōsis ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱókʷr̥
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱókʷ-ro-s
  4. Ancient Greekκόπρος (kópros)
  5. Englishcopro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  9. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  10. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  13. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  14. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  15. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  16. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  17. Latindiagnōsis
  18. Englishdiagnosis
  19. English todaycoprodiagnosis

From copro- + diagnosis.

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