English
goniosynechialysis
Goniosynechialysis comes from Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς ‘loosing, releasing, release, ransoming’, from λύω ‘to loose’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, release’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₁-‘to cut off, release’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλύωlúō‘to loose’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλῠ́σῐςlŭ́sĭs‘loosing, releasing, release, ransoming’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008goniosynechialysis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewh₁-‘to cut off, release’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλύωlúō‘to loose’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλῠ́σῐςlŭ́sĭs‘loosing, releasing, release, ransoming’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008goniosynechialysis
Earliest quotation: 2008, Ji-Lin Tan, Li-Li Gong: “Objective: To compare the clinical effects between the two…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, release’
so, lose, solution, solve, lease, sol, soluble, resolute, loess, 30 more
through Ancient Greek λύω ‘to loose’
analysis, analyst, paralysis, palsy, dialysis, paralyze, paralytic, 15 more
Today it means
noun A surgical treatment for glaucoma by stripping peripheral anterior synechiae from the cornea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- / goniosynechialysis