Etymology

radioscan

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Today it means: A scan for the presence of radioactive material in a sample; especially for a radioactive tracer in an organ Full definition →

English scan ← Middle English scanne ← Latin scandō
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The story

  1. Englishradio-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  3. Proto-Italic*skandō
  4. Latinscandō
  5. Middle Englishscanden
  6. Middle Englishscanne
  7. Englishscan
  8. English todayradioscan

From radio- + scan.

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