Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Weekly Themes monopsony
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
OP There is a medical word from same root:
opsonin n.
obs. opson(ium), relish (< L < Gr opsbnion, food, provisions < opsbnein, to buy food < opson, meat or any food eaten with bread < o3, together with + *psbn, food, bread, akin to psbmos, mouthful) + 3IN16 a substance in blood serum acting on bacteria and foreign cells to make them more liable to destruction by phagocytes
When you have seen the root, does it make any sense to pronounce it "mo Nopsony?
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ![]()
monopsony
wwh 08/28/02 01:00 PM ![]()
Re: monopsony
Faldage 08/28/02 01:26 PM ![]()
Re: monopsony
wwh 08/28/02 01:37 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,915Posts230,011Members9,198 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish
9,198 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 415 guests, and 10 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 13
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,968tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,957Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org