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Where does “chorioretinal” come from?

chorioretinal (English) comes from English retinal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

chorioretinal (English): Of or pertaining to the choroid and the retina

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the choroid and the retina

Ancestry of “chorioretinal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishretinalOf or pertaining to the retina; One of several...
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—
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