Where does “autoadsorption” come from?
autoadsorption (English) comes from English auto, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα, from Ancient Greek μέμονα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
autoadsorption (English): A laboratory technique used to strip autoantibodies from a patient's red blood cells so that their own plasma can be tested for dangerous, underlying alloantibodies
Definitions
- A laboratory technique used to strip autoantibodies from a patient's red blood cells so that their own plasma can be tested for dangerous, underlying alloantibodies
Ancestry of “autoadsorption”, step by step
autoadsorption traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auto | Clipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting... |
| 2 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 3 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 4 | French | automate | automaton |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English adsorption
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adsorption | The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of... |
| 2 | German | Adsorption | adsorption |
| 3 | German | Absorption | absorption (act or process of absorbing, either liquid or light) |