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Where does “histochemical” come from?

Histochemical comes from English chemical, from English chemic, from English aldehyde, from Latin alkimia, from Arabic كيمياء, from Ancient Greek χημεία meaning the art of transmuting metals.

histochemical (English): Of or pertaining to histochemistry; Any chemical...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to histochemistry; Any chemical...

Ancestry of “histochemical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchemicalOf or relating to chemistry; Of or relating to a...
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—

Words derived from “histochemical”

  • immunohistochemical
  • immunohistochemically
  • histochemically
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