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Where does “psychoneuroimmunologist” come from?

psychoneuroimmunologist (English) comes from English psychoneuroimmunology, from English neuroimmunology, from English immunology, from English -ology, from English ‐o‐, from English -prim, from English trimethoprim, from English trimethoxy — family; race.

psychoneuroimmunologist (English): One who studies or practises...

Definitions

  1. One who studies or practises...

Ancestry of “psychoneuroimmunologist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsychoneuroimmunologyThe study of the interactions between...
2EnglishneuroimmunologyThe study of the relationship between the nervous...
3EnglishimmunologyThe branch of medicine that concerns the body's...
4English-ologyAlternative form of -logy; 1843, Thomas Chandler...
5English‐o‐—
6English-prim—
7EnglishtrimethoprimA synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and...
8EnglishtrimethoxyThree methoxy groups in a molecule
9EnglishmethoxyThe univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol
10Englishoxy-Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning...
11EnglishoxygenThe chemical element with an atomic number of 8...
12Frenchoxygèneoxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##...
13Ancient Greekγένοςoffspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race
14Proto-Hellenicgénosfamily; race
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