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Where does “normothermia” come from?

normothermia (English) comes from English -therm, from Ancient Greek θερμός, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European -ess, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

normothermia (English): The condition of having a normal body temperature

Definitions

  1. The condition of having a normal body temperature

Ancestry of “normothermia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-thermused to name types of animal having a specified...
2Ancient Greekθερμόςwarm, hot, boiling, glowing; hotheaded, hasty,...
3Ancient Greekσφαῖραball, globe, sphere
4Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
5Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
7Proto-Indo-European-ess—
8Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

Words derived from “normothermia”

  • normothermic
  • subnormothermic
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