Etymograph

English

hepatosplenography

From hepato- + spleno- + -graphy.

Formed from hepato- + spleno- + -graphy

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’

Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’

English hepato-

Ancient Greek σπλήν ‘spleen’

English spleno-

Today it means

noun The use of a contrast medium to outline or depict radiographically the liver and spleen.

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

Etymograph / hepatosplenography