Where does “macrolipasemia” come from?

macrolipasemia (English) comes from English macrolipase, from English macro, from English macro-, from French macro-, from Latin macro-, from Ancient Greek μακρός, from Proto-Italic makros, from Proto-Indo-European mh₂ḱrós — to raise, increase; long.

macrolipasemia (English): The presence of macrolipases in the blood; when clinically detected, macrolipasemia has usually produced hyperlipasemia because renal clearance does not handle the macromolecules of enzyme in the same way that it would handle normal-sized enzyme molecules

Definitions

  1. The presence of macrolipases in the blood; when clinically detected, macrolipasemia has usually produced hyperlipasemia because renal clearance does not handle the macromolecules of enzyme in the same way that it would handle normal-sized enzyme molecules

Ancestry of “macrolipasemia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmacrolipaseA macroenzyme form of a lipase, such as the macromolecular pancreatic lipase sometimes (but not always) correlated with acute pancreatitis or celiac disease
2EnglishmacroVery large in scope or scale; Clipping of...
3Englishmacro-large; long; inclusive
4Frenchmacro-macro
5Latinmacro-large
6Ancient Greekμακρόςlong; tall, deep; far, distant
7Proto-Italicmakros
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ḱróslean, meager
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ḱ-to raise, increase; long
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