Etymology

syringocoele

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Today it means: The central canal of the spinal cord. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κοῖλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκοῖλος“hollow”
  2. English todaysyringocoele

From syrinx + Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκοῖλος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.