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Where does “macroglobulinemic” come from?

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

macroglobulinemic (English): Exhibiting or relating to macroglobulinemia

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting or relating to macroglobulinemia

Ancestry of “macroglobulinemic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmacroglobulinemiaThe presence of high levels of macroglobulins in...
2EnglishmacroglobulinA plasma globulin of high molecular weight
3EnglishglobulinAny of a group of simple proteins, soluble in...
4EnglishglobuleA small round particle of substance; a drop
5Frenchglobuleglobule; blood cell
6LatinglobulusDiminutive of globus; globule; button
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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