Where does “無顆粒球症” come from?
無顆粒球症 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 症, from Middle Chinese 症.
無顆粒球症 (Japanese): agranulocytosis
Definitions
- agranulocytosis
Ancestry of “無顆粒球症”, step by step
無顆粒球症 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 症
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 症 | "attached to the names of conditions" |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 症 | — |
via Japanese 無
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 無 | nothing, nothingness; mu; the null set: neither... |