Etymology

polyadenosis

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Today it means: A disease that affects multiple lymph nodes Full definition →

English adenosis ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Englishadenosis
  6. English todaypolyadenosis

From poly- + adenosis.

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