Etymology

immunodiagnostic

Today it means: Describing any diagnostic test that exploits an immune response Full definition →

English diagnostic ← Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós) ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tis
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  3. Proto-Italic*moinos
  4. Latinmūnus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*né
  6. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  7. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  8. Latinin-
  9. Latinin- -is
  10. Latinimmūnis
  11. Middle Frenchimmun
  12. Englishimmune
  13. Englishimmuno-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  15. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  17. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  18. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  19. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  21. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  22. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  23. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  24. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  25. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  26. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  28. Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
  29. Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
  30. Ancient Greekδῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)
  31. Englishdiagnostic
  32. English todayimmunodiagnostic

From immuno- + diagnostic.

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