Etymology

poroelastic

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Today it means: Describing a material whose solid matrix is elastic and whose fluid is viscous. Full definition →

English elastic ← French élastique
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The story

  1. Englishporo-
  2. Frenchélastique
  3. Englishelastic
  4. English todayporoelastic

From poro- + elastic.

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