Etymograph

English

hemicolitis

From hemi- + colitis.

Formed from hemi- + colitis

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Today it means

noun One-sided colitis; inflammation of either the descending colon or ascending colon.

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Etymograph / hemicolitis