Etymology

irideremia

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Today it means: Total or partial absence of the iris of the eye. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἐρῆμος“lonely”
  2. English todayirideremia

From irid- + Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “lonely”) + -ia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἐρῆμος all →

choroideremiaerem-eremo-eremophobia

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