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Where does “hepatoblastoma” come from?

hepatoblastoma (English) comes from English blastoma, from English BLAST, from Middle English blast, from Old English blǣst, from Proto-Germanic blēstuz, from Proto-Germanic blēsaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰléh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

hepatoblastoma (English): A blastoma situated in the liver

Definitions

  1. A blastoma situated in the liver

Ancestry of “hepatoblastoma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblastomaA tumour that is caused by malignancies in...
2EnglishBLASTAn algorithm which compares similarities between...
3Middle EnglishblastA blast; a sudden and forceful motion of wind;...
4Old Englishblǣstwindgust; blowing, blast
5Proto-Germanicblēstuzblast, burst of wind, breeze
6Proto-Germanicblēsanąto blow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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