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Where does “transmucosally” come from?

transmucosally (English) comes from English transmucosal, from English mucosal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل.

transmucosally (English): Through or across a mucous membrane

Definitions

  1. Through or across a mucous membrane

Ancestry of “transmucosally”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransmucosalThrough or across a mucous membrane
2EnglishmucosalOf or pertaining to the mucous membranes
3English-ál—
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlum—
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