Etymology

dactylitis

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Today it means: Inflammation of an entire digit (a finger or toe). Full definition →

Ancient Greek δάκτυλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδάκτυλος“finger”
  2. English todaydactylitis

Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”) + -itis

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδάκτυλος all →

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