Etymology

nephrosclerosis

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Today it means: arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries Full definition →

English sclerosis ← Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) ← Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*negʷʰrós
  2. Proto-Hellenic*nekʷʰrós
  3. Ancient Greekνεφρός (nephrós)
  4. Englishnephro-
  5. Englishsclerosis
  6. English todaynephrosclerosis

From nephro- (“kidney”) + sclerosis (“hard”).

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