Etymology

respirocyte

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Today it means: An artificial red blood cell manufactured using nanotechnology. Full definition →

Latin cyta ← Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos) ← English respire
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The story

  1. Englishrespire
  2. Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
  3. Latincyta
  4. English todayrespirocyte

From respire + -o- + -cyte.

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