Where does “astrocytoma” come from?
Astrocytoma comes from English astrocyte, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον and ἀστήρ meaning "star," from Proto-Indo-European h₂stḗr, ultimately from the root h₂eHs-.
astrocytoma (English): A cancer of the brain that originates in...
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- A cancer of the brain that originates in...
Ancestry of “astrocytoma”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | oma | grandmother, grandma |
| 2 | Tibetan | འོ་མ | — |
| 3 | Tibetan | མ | mother; goddess; negates the following verb in... |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |
Words derived from “astrocytoma”