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- German · borrowed fromGelose
- English todaygelosis
Borrowed from German Gelose, coined by German physician Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Schade in 1921. By surface analysis, gel + -osis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gelosis
Today it means: A localized hardening or stiffness of tissue after exposure to severe cold, supposedly caused by a colloidal change resulting in gel formation and increased viscosity in the protoplasm of cells. Full definition →
German Gelose