Etymology

omalgia

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Today it means: pain in the shoulder Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὦμος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὦμος“shoulder”
  2. English todayomalgia

From Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + -algia. By surface analysis, om- (“shoulder”) + -algia.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὦμος all →

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