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Where does “microsomal” come from?

Microsomal derives from English microsome, from English aldehyde and English some, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sem- meaning to unite or join.

microsomal (English): Of or pertaining to a microsome

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a microsome

Ancestry of “microsomal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ál—
2EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
3GermanAldehydaldehyde
4Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
5Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
6Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
7Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
8Akkadianguḫlum—

Words derived from “microsomal”

  • nonmicrosomal
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