Etymology

phacodynamics

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Today it means: The flow of fluid into and out of a lens during phacoemulsification surgery Full definition →

English dynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekφᾰκός (phăkós)
  2. Englishphaco-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  5. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  6. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  7. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  8. Frenchdynamique
  9. Englishdynamic
  10. Englishdynamics
  11. English todayphacodynamics

From phaco- + dynamics.

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