osteoglophonic

English

Etymology

Coined circa 1975–1980 by Professor Jürgen Spranger of Mainz, West Germany, in the usual scientific tradition of ISV terms based on New Latin and Ancient Greek.[1][2] The osteo- prefix was added to a transliterated and mutated form of γλυφίς (gluphís), and the adjective ends in the suffix -ic. Greenberg and Lewis (1990)[1] pointed out that the -glo- syllable would have been better transliterated as -gly- and that the following syllable should have been different as well.[1] Regardless, though, the word osteoglophonic is firmly established as a fait accompli.

Adjective

osteoglophonic (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Characterised by hollowed out regions in bones.
    osteoglophonic dysplasia;   osteoglophonic dwarfism

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Greenberg, Frank, Lewis, Richard Alan (1 March 1990) “Osteoglophonic dysplasia. Letter to the editor”, in Journal of Medical Genetics‎[1], volume 27, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, →PMCID, page 213
  2. ^ Beighton, Peter (September 1989) “Osteoglophonic dysplasia. Syndrome of the month”, in Journal of Medical Genetics‎[2], volume 26, number 9, →DOI, →PMID, →PMCID, pages 572–576
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