Where does “panretinophotocoagulation” come from?

panretinophotocoagulation (English) comes from English photocoagulation, from English coagulation, from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, from Latin coāgulō, from Latin coāgulum, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn- — resin.

panretinophotocoagulation (English): A laser-based ophthalmic procedure in which photocoagulation is applied across a wide area of the retina to ablate abnormal or ischemic retinal tissue, commonly used to treat proliferative retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy

Definitions

  1. A laser-based ophthalmic procedure in which photocoagulation is applied across a wide area of the retina to ablate abnormal or ischemic retinal tissue, commonly used to treat proliferative retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy

Ancestry of “panretinophotocoagulation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphotocoagulationA surgical procedure in which a tumour, or...
2EnglishcoagulationThe precipitation of suspended particles as they...
3Middle Frenchcoagulation
4Latincoagulatioa curdling, coagulating
5Latincoāgulōto curdle; make thick, solid
6Latincoāgulumtie, bond, binding agent
7Latincōgōto collect, assemble, gather together
8Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz
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