Etymology

hemodynamics

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Today it means: The circulation and movement of blood in the body, and the forces involved therein. Full definition →

English dynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
  2. Ancient Greekαἱμο- (haimo-)
  3. Englishhaemo-
  4. Englishhemo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  7. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  8. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  9. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  10. Frenchdynamique
  11. Englishdynamic
  12. Englishdynamics
  13. English todayhemodynamics

From hemo- + dynamics.

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