Etymology

intrameniscal

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Today it means: Within a meniscus (typically of the knee) Full definition →

English meniscal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Ancient Greek μηνῐ́σκος (mēnĭ́skos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s
  9. Proto-Hellenic*méns
  10. Ancient Greekμείς (meís)
  11. Ancient Greekμηνῐ́σκος (mēnĭ́skos)
  12. Englishmeniscus
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englishmeniscal
  16. English todayintrameniscal

From intra- + meniscal.

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