Etymology

macroglobulinemia

Today it means: The presence of high levels of macroglobulins in the blood Full definition →

Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) ← English macroglobulin ← French globule
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Latinglobus
  8. Latinglobulu
  9. Frenchglobule
  10. Englishglobule
  11. Englishglobulin
  12. Englishmacroglobulin
  13. Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
  14. English todaymacroglobulinemia

From macroglobulin + -emia.

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