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Where does “neuropathology” come from?

Neuropathology comes from French neuropathologie, combining neuro- from Ancient Greek νεῦρον and pathologie from Ancient Greek πάθος, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁-.

neuropathology (English): The pathology of the nervous system

Definitions

  1. The pathology of the nervous system

Ancestry of “neuropathology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpathologyThe branch of medicine concerned with the study...
2Frenchpathologiepathology
3Ancient Greekπαθολογία—
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
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...

Words derived from “neuropathology”

  • neuropathological
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