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Where does “macroglobulinemia” come from?

macroglobulinemia (English) comes from English macroglobulin, from English globulin, from English globule, from French globule, from Latin globulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

macroglobulinemia (English): The presence of high levels of macroglobulins in...

Definitions

  1. The presence of high levels of macroglobulins in...

Ancestry of “macroglobulinemia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmacroglobulinA plasma globulin of high molecular weight
2EnglishglobulinAny of a group of simple proteins, soluble in...
3EnglishglobuleA small round particle of substance; a drop
4Frenchglobuleglobule; blood cell
5LatinglobulusDiminutive of globus; globule; button
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “macroglobulinemia”

  • macroglobulinemic
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