Etymology

dacryocystorhinostomy

dacryo·cysto·rhi·no·sto·my

Today it means: a surgical procedure that creates a new passageway between the lacrimal sac and the nasal cavity to bypass a blockage in the normal tear drainage system, allowing tears to drain properly into the nose. Full definition →

English rhino- ← New Latin stoma ← Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dáḱru
  2. Ancient Greekδάκρυ (dákru)
  3. Englishdacryo-
  4. Ancient Greekκύστη (kústē)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁éyeti
  8. Ancient Greekκῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)?
  9. Ancient Greekκύστις (kústis)
  10. Late Latincystis
  11. Englishcyst
  12. Englishcysto-
  13. Ancient Greekῥῑ́ς (rhī́s)
  14. Ancient Greekῥῑνο- (rhīno-)
  15. Englishrhino-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*steh₃-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₃mn̥
  18. Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
  19. Ancient Greekστόμα (stóma)
  20. New Latinstoma
  21. Englishstoma
  22. Englishdacryo-
  23. Englishcyst
  24. Englishdacryocyst
  25. Englishrhino-
  26. English todaydacryocystorhinostomy

From dacryo- + cysto- + rhino- + -stomy, or from dacryocyst + -o- + rhino- + -stomy.

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