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Where does “pleuroperipneumony” come from?

pleuroperipneumony (English) comes from English pleuro-, from Latin pleura, from Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́.

pleuroperipneumony (English): Archaic form of pleuropneumonia

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of pleuropneumonia

Ancestry of “pleuroperipneumony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpleuro-to the side; lateral; of the pleura
2Latinpleura—
3Ancient Greekπλευρᾱ́—
Every word from Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ →