ileum的词源

英文词源

ileum (n.)

lowest part of the small intestine, 1680s, medical Latin, from ileum, singular created from classical Latin plural ilia "groin, flank," in classical Latin, "belly, the abdomen below the ribs," poetically, "entrails, guts." Sense restriction and form apparently from confusion with Greek eileos (see ileus). Earlier in English ylioun (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin ileon. Related: Ileitis.

中文词源

ileum：回肠

来自拉丁语ileum,小肠的最低段，可能来自PIE*wel,弯，转，词源同valve,involve.引申词义弯肠，回肠。参照汉语成语九曲回肠。

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