Etymology

microimmunofluorescence

Today it means: A form of immunofluorescence that requires a very small amount of sample. Full definition →

English immunofluorescence ← Middle English sparston ← Old English spærstān
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  7. Proto-Italic*moinos
  8. Latinmūnus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*né
  10. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  11. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  12. Latinin-
  13. Latinin- -is
  14. Latinimmūnis
  15. Middle Frenchimmun
  16. Englishimmune
  17. Englishimmuno-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  21. Latinfluō
  22. Latinfluor
  23. Englishfluor
  24. Englishfluorite
  25. Middle Low Germanspar
  26. Old Englishspærstān
  27. Middle Englishsparston
  28. Englishsparstonebf.
  29. Englishspar
  30. Englishfluorspar
  31. Englishfluorescence
  32. Englishimmunofluorescence
  33. English todaymicroimmunofluorescence

From micro- + immunofluorescence.

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