Etymology

laparo-

Today it means: flank, side Full definition →

Ancient Greek λαπάρα
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromλαπάρα“flank”
  2. English todaylaparo-

Combining form of Ancient Greek λαπάρα (lapára, “flank”), from λαπαρός (laparós, “slack, weak, hollow”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.