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Where does “pneumohemothorax” come from?

pneumohemothorax (English) comes from English hemothorax, from English hemo, from Ancient Greek αἷμα, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

pneumohemothorax (English): hemopneumothorax

Definitions

  1. hemopneumothorax

Ancestry of “pneumohemothorax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhemothoraxA condition resulting from accumulation of blood...
2Englishhemo—
3Ancient Greekαἷμαblood
4Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
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