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- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
- Ancient Greekἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)
- Englishhemi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
- Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
- New Latinthyreoīdēs
- Englishthyroid
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰs
- Proto-Hellenic*eks
- Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
- Ancient Greekἐκ- (ek-)
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- Ancient Greekἐκτέμνω (ektémnō)
- Ancient Greekἐκτομή (ektomḗ)
- Englishthyroidectomy
- English todayhemithyroidectomy
From hemi- + thyroidectomy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.