Etymology

sociomedical

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the relationship between medicine and society Full definition →

English medical ← French médica ← Medieval Latin medicāli
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  5. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  6. Latinsokios
  7. Latinsocius
  8. Englishsocio-
  9. Latinmedeor
  10. Latinmedicus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Medieval Latinmedicāli
  14. Frenchmédica
  15. Englishmedical
  16. English todaysociomedical

From socio- + medical.

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