Etymograph

English

glycorrhachia

By surface analysis, glyco- + rhachi- + -ia.

Equivalent to glyco- + rhachi- + -ia

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

English glyco-

Today it means

noun The presence of glucose in the cerebrospinal fluid (which is always true); its concentration; the trend or control of its concentration over time.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / glycorrhachia