Etymology

serocompatible

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Today it means: Describing a blood product, or a donor of a blood product, that is serologically compatible with the recipient of such a product Full definition →

English compatible ← Latin serum ← Proto-Italic *serom
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sér-o-
  3. Proto-Italic*serom
  4. Latinserum
  5. Englishserum
  6. Englishsero-
  7. Englishcompatible
  8. English todayserocompatible

From sero- + compatible.

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