Etymology

radioimmunodiagnosis

Today it means: immunodiagnosis using radiolabeled antibodies Full definition →

English immunodiagnosis ← Latin diagnōsis ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
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  1. Latinradius
  2. Englishradio-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  5. Proto-Italic*moinos
  6. Latinmūnus
  7. Proto-Indo-European*né
  8. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  9. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  10. Latinin-
  11. Latinin- -is
  12. Latinimmūnis
  13. Middle Frenchimmun
  14. Englishimmune
  15. Englishimmuno-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  17. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  18. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  19. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  20. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  21. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  23. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  24. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  25. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  26. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  27. Latindiagnōsis
  28. Englishdiagnosis
  29. Englishimmunodiagnosis
  30. English todayradioimmunodiagnosis

From radio- + immunodiagnosis.

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