Etymology

teichoic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the teichoic acids or their derivatives Full definition →

Ancient Greek τεῖχος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτεῖχος“wall”
  2. English todayteichoic

From Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) + -ic.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτεῖχος all →

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