Etymology

phacoid

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Today it means: Resembling a lentil or lens; lenticular. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φακός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφακός“lentil”
  2. English todayphacoid

From Ancient Greek φακός (phakós, “lentil”) + -oid.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφακός all →

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