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Where does “sarcoplasmic” come from?

Sarcoplasmic comes from English sarcoplasm, combining Ancient Greek σάρξ meaning flesh with English plasm, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots.

sarcoplasmic (English): Of or pertaining to the sarcoplasm

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the sarcoplasm

Ancestry of “sarcoplasmic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “sarcoplasmic”

  • intrasarcoplasmic
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