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Where does “cryptosporidium” come from?

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

cryptosporidium (English): A protozoan, of the genus "Cryptosporidium", that...

Definitions

  1. A protozoan, of the genus "Cryptosporidium", that...

Ancestry of “cryptosporidium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCryptosporidium—
2Translingual-idiumUsed to form a taxonomic name, usually of a...
3Ancient Greek-ίδιονsuffixed to nouns of any gender, forms neuter...

Words derived from “cryptosporidium”

  • cryptosporidiosis
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