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Where does “Cryptosporidium” come from?

Cryptosporidium (Translingual) comes from Translingual -idium, from Ancient Greek -ίδιον — suffixed to nouns of any gender, forms neuter...

Ancestry of “Cryptosporidium”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual-idiumUsed to form a taxonomic name, usually of a...
2Ancient Greek-ίδιονsuffixed to nouns of any gender, forms neuter...

Words derived from “Cryptosporidium”

  • cryptosporidiosis
  • cryptosporidium
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