Etymology

exorheic

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Today it means: Externally drained; having one or more outlets. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥέω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥέω“I flow, stream”
  2. English todayexorheic

From exo- (“external”) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow, stream”) + -ic.

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