Etymology

phosphoimaging

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Today it means: The use of photostimulated luminescence to make a form of X-ray image Full definition →

English imaging ← Latin phōsphorus ← Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
  7. Latinphōsphorus
  8. Englishphosphorus
  9. Englishphospho-
  10. Englishimaging
  11. English todayphosphoimaging

From phospho- + imaging.

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