Etymology

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Today it means: The accumulation of a substance in a cell or organ in abnormally large amounts. Full definition →

Ancient Greek θησαύρισμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθησαύρισμα“store”
  2. English todaythesaurismosis

From Ancient Greek θησαύρισμα (thēsaúrisma, “store”) + -osis. First used in the 1930s in thesaurismosis glycogenica, another name for glycogen storage disease.

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