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Where does “osseointegrate” come from?

osseointegrate (English) comes from English integrate, from Latin integratus, from Latin integro, from Latin integer, from Proto-Italic *n̥tagros.

osseointegrate (English): The growth action of bone tissue, as it...

Definitions

  1. The growth action of bone tissue, as it...

Ancestry of “osseointegrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishintegrateTo form into one whole; to make entire; to...
2Latinintegratusrenewed, restored, having been made whole; begun...
3LatinintegroI renew, restore, make whole; I begin again,...
4Latinintegercomplete, whole, intact; uninjured, sound,...
5Proto-Italic*n̥tagros—
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