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Where does “toxoplasmosis” come from?

Toxoplasmosis comes from French toxoplasmose, combining toxo- with -osis from Ancient Greek -ωσις, derived from -μα, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥.

toxoplasmosis (English): A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma...

Definitions

  1. A disease, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma...

Ancestry of “toxoplasmosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtoxoplasmosetoxoplasmosis
2English-osisfunctional disease or condition such as...
3New Latin-osisdative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine...

Words derived from “toxoplasmosis”

  • neurotoxoplasmosis
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