Etymology

electrodiagnosis

Today it means: diagnosis by the recording of the spontaneous electrical activity of parts of the body, or of their responses to an applied electric stimulus Full definition →

English diagnosis ← Latin diagnōsis ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
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  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  3. Latinēlectrum
  4. Latinelectro-
  5. Englishelectro-
  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 todayelectrodiagnosis

From electro- + diagnosis.

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