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Where does “cystourethroscopic” come from?

cystourethroscopic (English) comes from English urethroscopic, from English urethroscopy, from English scopy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る.

cystourethroscopic (English): Relating to cystourethroscopy

Definitions

  1. Relating to cystourethroscopy

Ancestry of “cystourethroscopic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishurethroscopicRelating to urethroscopy
2EnglishurethroscopyExamination of the interior of the urethra
3EnglishscopyAlternative form of scopey
4EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
5EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
6Japanese百合lily; a style of 襲の色目 , featuring a red outer...
7Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
8Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
9Japanese夢a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
10Old Japanese夢a dream
11Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
12Middle Chinese目—
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