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Where does “biventricular” come from?

Biventricular comes from English bi- plus ventricular, with bi- from Latin bis meaning twice, derived from Latin duo meaning two, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁.

biventricular (English): Relating to two ventricles

Definitions

  1. Relating to two ventricles

Ancestry of “biventricular”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbiBisexual; A bisexual person; A type of jade disk...
2EnglishbicepsAny muscle having two heads; Specifically, the...
3Latinbicepsdouble-headed, having two heads; having two...
4Latinbistwice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways
5Latincolorcolour, shade; color; pigment; complexion
6Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
7Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
8Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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