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Where does “microsteatosis” come from?

microsteatosis (English) comes from English steatosis, from English steato-, from Ancient Greek στέαρ, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

microsteatosis (English): microvesicular steatosis

Definitions

  1. microvesicular steatosis

Ancestry of “microsteatosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsteatosisThe abnormal retention of lipids by a cell or...
2Englishsteato-fat
3Ancient Greekστέαρhard fat, tallow, suet; dough made from flour of...
4Ancient Greekὄρνιςbird; chicken
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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