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Where does “lipotoxicity” come from?

lipotoxicity (English) comes from English toxicity, from English toxic, from French toxique, from Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν, from Ancient Greek τοξικός, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lipotoxicity (English): The result of the accumulation of lipids in...

Definitions

  1. The result of the accumulation of lipids in...

Ancestry of “lipotoxicity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoxicityThe quality or degree of being toxic
2EnglishtoxicHaving a chemical nature that is harmful to...
3Frenchtoxiquetoxic
4Latintoxicustoxic; poisonous
5Latintoxicuma poison used on the tips of arrows; any poison
6Ancient Greekτοξικόνinflection of τοξικός : ## neuter...
7Ancient Greekτοξικόςof or for the bow; skilled in the use of the bow;...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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