Etymology · Ancient Greek
δεσμός
10 English words descend from Ancient Greek δεσμός, most common first.
- adesmyThe division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually whole.
- caldesmonA particular calmodulin-binding protein.
- desmidAny of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
- desmitisinflammation of a ligament.
- desmo-bond, connection, ligament
- desmodontAny of a group of South American blood-sucking bats of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla.
- desmodromicHaving different controls for its actuation in different directions, especially of an engine valve that is positively closed by a cam and leverage system rather than springs.
- desmoidPertaining to a bundle.
- desmologyThe branch of anatomy which concerns ligaments.
- peridesmiumThe areolar tissue around a ligament.