Etymology

loculation

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Today it means: The localized failure of a region to drain fluids, resulting in an enlarged mass. Full definition →

Latin loculus
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromloculus
  2. English todayloculation

Learned borrowing from Latin loculus + -ation.

Words from the same roots

Latinloculus all →

loculicidalloculus

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