angioplasty
/ˌænˌdʒiəpˈlæsti/an-jee-uh-PLA-stee
/ˌænˌdʒiəpˈlæsti/an-jee-uh-PLA-stee
Meaninga vessel moulding
Common meaning: surgery to widen a blood vessel
- angia vessel, containerLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 6 · scan
- plastto mould; a moulded thingLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1220 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘a vessel, container’ + ‘to mould’ → angioplasty
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- angi — Greek ἀγγεῖον “a vessel, container” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- plast — Greek πλάσσω; πλάσμα “to mould; a moulded thing” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ἀγγεῖον ‘a vessel, container’ + Greek πλάσσω; πλάσμα ‘to mould; a moulded thing’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry πλάσσω, p. 1220 · dictionary scan
Roots
- πλάσσω; πλάσμα Greek “to mould; a moulded thing”
- ἀγγεῖον Greek “a vessel, container”
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