Etymology

electropathology

Today it means: diagnosis via observation of the reaction of muscles to electricity Full definition →

English pathology ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  3. Latinēlectrum
  4. Latinelectro-
  5. Englishelectro-
  6. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  7. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  11. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  12. Frenchpathologie
  13. Englishpathology
  14. English todayelectropathology

From electro- + pathology.

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