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- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Ancient Greekθρόμβος (thrómbos)
- Englishthrombo-
- Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
- Latincyta
- Englishthrombocyte
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)penh₁-
- Ancient Greekπένομαι (pénomai)
- Ancient Greekπένης (pénēs)
- Ancient Greekπενῐ́ᾱ (penĭ́ā)
- Englishthrombocytopenia
- English todaymicrothrombocytopenia
From micro- + thrombocytopenia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.