Etymology

immunopositive

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Today it means: That generates a positive response to a test for a specific antigen or antibody Full definition →

English positive ← Old French positif ← Latin positivus
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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*h₂ep
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂pó
  17. Proto-Italic*po
  18. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  20. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*tḱinéti
  22. Proto-Italic*sinō
  23. Proto-Italic*pozinō
  24. Latinpōnō
  25. Latinīvus
  26. Latinpositivus
  27. Old Frenchpositif
  28. Englishpositive
  29. English todayimmunopositive

From immuno- + positive.

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