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Where does “nanomelia” come from?

nanomelia (English) comes from English nano, from English nano-, from Latin nānus, from Ancient Greek νᾶνος — dwarf.

nanomelia (English): An extreme form of micromelia

Definitions

  1. An extreme form of micromelia

Ancestry of “nanomelia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishnanoNanotechnology
2Englishnano-API; In the International System of Units and...
3Latinnānus—
4Ancient Greekνᾶνοςdwarf
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