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Where does “osteolathyrism” come from?

osteolathyrism (English) comes from English lathyrism, from Translingual Lathyrus, from Latin lathyros, from Ancient Greek λάθυρος — A kind of pulse, chickling vetch.

osteolathyrism (English): A collagen cross-linking deficiency brought on by...

Definitions

  1. A collagen cross-linking deficiency brought on by...

Ancestry of “osteolathyrism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlathyrismA neurological disease of humans and domestic...
2TranslingualLathyrus—
3Latinlathyrosvetchling
4Ancient GreekλάθυροςA kind of pulse, chickling vetch
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