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Where does “cranioresezione” come from?

cranioresezione (Italian) comes from Italian cranio, from Medieval Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.

cranioresezione (Italian): craniectomy

Definitions

  1. craniectomy

Ancestry of “cranioresezione”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancranioskull; cranium
2Medieval Latincraniumskull
3Ancient Greekκρανίονskull; head
4Ancient Greekκάραhead, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...
5Proto-Hellenic*kárahə—
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