Etymology

hypergonadotropinemia

Today it means: The presence of an excessive amount of gonadotropin in the blood Full definition →

English gonadotropinemia ← Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) ← Latin tropus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
  10. Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
  11. Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
  12. New Latingonadēs
  13. Englishgonad
  14. Englishgonado-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*trep-
  16. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  17. Ancient Greekτρόπος (trópos)
  18. Latintropus
  19. Englishgonadotrope
  20. Englishgonado-
  21. Ancient Greekτρέπω (trépō)
  22. Ancient Greekτροπή (tropḗ)
  23. Ancient Greekτροπῐκός (tropĭkós)
  24. Englishgonadotropin
  25. Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
  26. Englishgonadotropinemia
  27. English todayhypergonadotropinemia

From hyper- + gonadotropinemia.

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