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Where does “hepatofugal” come from?

hepatofugal (English) comes from English fugal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل.

hepatofugal (English): Flowing outwards from the liver

Definitions

  1. Flowing outwards from the liver

Ancestry of “hepatofugal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfugalrelating to a fugue; Relating to flight
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—
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