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Where does “immunohistochemical” come from?

Immunohistochemical derives from English histochemical, which combines English chemical from English chemic from English aldehyde from Latin alkimia from Arabic كيمياء from Ancient Greek χημεία.

immunohistochemical (English): Of, pertaining to, or by means of...

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or by means of...

Ancestry of “immunohistochemical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhistochemicalOf or pertaining to histochemistry; Any chemical...
2EnglishchemicalOf or relating to chemistry; Of or relating to a...
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “immunohistochemical”

  • immunohistochemically
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