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Where does “hypodensity” come from?

hypodensity (English) comes from English density, from Middle French densité, from Old French dempsité, from Latin densitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

hypodensity (English): An area of an X-ray image that is less dense than...

Definitions

  1. An area of an X-ray image that is less dense than...

Ancestry of “hypodensity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdensityA measure of the mass of matter contained by a...
2Middle Frenchdensité—
3Old Frenchdempsité—
4Latindensitasthickness; density; abundance
5Latin-tās—
6Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
7Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
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