Etymograph

English

idiomuscular

From idio- + muscular.

Formed from idio- + muscular

Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’

Proto-Indo-European *swéd-yo-s

Proto-Hellenic *hwédios

Ancient Greek ἴδιος ‘own, personal, distinct’

English idio-

Today it means

adj Applied to a semipermanent contraction of a muscle, produced by a mechanical irritant.

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Etymograph / idiomuscular