Etymology

dyskerin

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Today it means: A human gene, Dyskeratosis congenita 1, a small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein in which mutations are responsible for Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome. Full definition →

English dyskeratosis ← New Latin dys- ← Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dews-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dus-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dus-
  4. Ancient Greekδυσ- (dus-)
  5. New Latindys-
  6. Englishdys-
  7. Englishkeratosis
  8. Englishdyskeratosis
  9. English todaydyskerin

From dyskeratosis + -in.

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