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Where does “thrombocytopenia” come from?

Thrombocytopenia comes from English thrombocyte combined with English -penia, ultimately deriving from Ancient Greek κύτος meaning "vessel" or "container" via Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-.

thrombocytopenia (English): An abnormally low number of platelets in the...

Definitions

  1. An abnormally low number of platelets in the...

Ancestry of “thrombocytopenia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcytopenicExhibiting or relating to cytopenia
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “thrombocytopenia”

  • macrothrombocytopenia
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