English

exocapillary

From exo- + capillary.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Latin capillus ‘the hair, properly of the head’

Latin capillāris ‘pertaining to the hair’

Today it means

adj Relating to a capillary that is external to a glomerulus of the kidney

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Etymograph / exocapillary