Etymograph

English

junctionopathy

From junction + -pathy.

Formed from junction + -pathy

Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’

Proto-Indo-European *yunégti ~ *yungénti

Proto-Italic *jungō ‘to join’

Latin iungō ‘join, attach together’

Latin iūnctiō ‘union, joining, uniting’

English junction

Today it means

noun Any disease of a neuromuscular junction (between a motor nerve and a muscle)

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Etymograph / junctionopathy