Grecogenous

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English

Etymology

From Greco- +‎ -genous.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Grecogenous (not comparable)

  1. (etymology, rare) Deriving from Ancient Greek; from roots in the Ancient Greek language.
    • 1966: Jacob Edward Schmidt, The Medical Lexicographer, page 22 (C.C. Thomas)
      […] terms are beholden to the Greek chondros. Among the Grecogenous terms are chondrocyte, chondrodystrophy, chondroma, […]

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