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Where does “cryptosporidiosis” come from?

cryptosporidiosis (English) comes from English cryptosporidium, from Translingual Cryptosporidium, from Translingual -idium, from Ancient Greek -ίδιον — suffixed to nouns of any gender, forms neuter...

cryptosporidiosis (English): A disease affecting the intestines of mammals...

Definitions

  1. A disease affecting the intestines of mammals...

Ancestry of “cryptosporidiosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcryptosporidiumA protozoan, of the genus "Cryptosporidium", that...
2TranslingualCryptosporidium—
3Translingual-idiumUsed to form a taxonomic name, usually of a...
4Ancient Greek-ίδιονsuffixed to nouns of any gender, forms neuter...
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