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Where does “telepathology” come from?

telepathology (English) comes from English pathology, from French pathologie, from Ancient Greek παθολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

telepathology (English): diagnosis of disease via telecommunications

Definitions

  1. diagnosis of disease via telecommunications

Ancestry of “telepathology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpathologyThe branch of medicine concerned with the study...
2Frenchpathologiepathology
3Ancient Greekπαθολογία—
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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