ἐντεροκήλη
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- (pathology) intestinal hernia, rupture
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek ἔντερον (intestine, bowel, intestines, guts, gut, entrails, innards) + Ancient Greek κήλη (tumour, hernia, rupture, especially hernia).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κήλη
Gloss
tumour, hernia, rupture, especially hernia
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -cele English
- abenteric English
- aerocele English
- enteric English
- entero- English
- enterolith English
- enteron English
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- γαστήρ Ancient Greek
- κήλη Ancient Greek
- μεσεντέριον Ancient Greek
- σαρκοκήλη Ancient Greek
- ἐντέρινος Ancient Greek
- ἐπιπλοκήλη Ancient Greek
- ἔντερον Ancient Greek
- ὑδροκήλη Ancient Greek
- *h₁énteros Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂u-l-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- -cele Portuguese
- έντερο Greek (modern)