Etymograph

English

hemivacuole

From hemi- + vacuole.

Formed from hemi- + vacuole

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

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English hemi-

Proto-Italic *wakowos

Latin vacuus ‘empty’

French vacuole

English vacuole

Today it means

noun A space in the apical side of an osteoclast where bone reabsorption takes place

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Etymograph / hemivacuole