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Where does “histopathologist” come from?

histopathologist (English) comes from English histopathology, from English pathology, from French pathologie, from Ancient Greek παθολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

histopathologist (English): A person involved in histopathology

Definitions

  1. A person involved in histopathology

Ancestry of “histopathologist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhistopathologyThe microscopic study of tissue, especially of...
2EnglishpathologyThe branch of medicine concerned with the study...
3Frenchpathologiepathology
4Ancient Greekπαθολογία—
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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