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Where does “cytomorphology” come from?

cytomorphology (English) comes from English morphology, from French morphologie, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

cytomorphology (English): The study of the structure of cells

Definitions

  1. The study of the structure of cells

Ancestry of “cytomorphology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmorphologyA scientific study of form and structure, usually...
2Frenchmorphologiemorphology
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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