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commix [commix 词源字典]: "Mix; mingle", Late Middle English (as the past participle commixt): from Latin commixtus, from com- 'together with' + mixtus 'mixed'.[commix etymology, commix origin, 英语词源]
chloric acid: "A colourless liquid acid with strong oxidizing properties", Early 19th century: chloric from chlorine + -ic.
chalcogen: "Any of the elements in group 16 (group VI a) of the periodic table, comprising oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, and polonium", 1940s. From chalco- + -gen, after halogen. Compare earlier chalcogenide.
chela (1): "A pincer-like claw, especially of a crab or other crustacean", Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Latin chele or Greek khēlē 'claw'.
chela (2): "A follower and pupil of a guru", From Hindi celā.
centuple: "Multiply by a hundred or by a very large amount", Early 17th century: from French, or from ecclesiastical Latin centuplus, alteration of Latin centuplex, from Latin centum 'hundred'.
crystallogram: "A photograph or other graphical record of the X-ray diffraction pattern produced by a crystal", 1920s; earliest use found in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. From crystallo- + -gram.
ctene: "Each of the mobile, flattened, paddle-like arrays of fused cilia which are arranged in rows to form the swimming organs of Ctenophora; a comb plate", Early 20th cent. Either from cten- or directly from ancient Greek κτεν-, κτείς (in Byzantine Greek also with nominative κτήν) comb, after scientific Latin Ctenophora Ctenophora.
cephalin: "Any of a group of phospholipids present in cell membranes, especially in the brain", Late 19th century: from Greek kephalē 'brain' + -in¹.
cryotron: "A switching device that depends for its operation on the fact that an externally applied magnetic field destroys superconductivity", 1950s. From cryo- + -tron.
Coalite (1): "A form of coke sold as a smokeless fuel, especially for heating", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in The Trade Marks Journal. From coal + -ite.
coalite (2): "And without object To combine, unite, merge; specifically to form into a coalition", Late 16th cent. From classical Latin coalit-, past participial stem of coalēscere coalesce. In later use perhaps partly after coalition.
cyber-: "Relating to electronic communication networks and virtual reality", Back-formation from cybernetics.
columella: "An ossicle (small bone) of the middle ear of birds, reptiles, and amphibians", Late 16th century: from Latin, 'small column'.
cyclostome: "An eel-like jawless vertebrate with a round sucking mouth, of a former group that included the lampreys and hagfishes", Mid 19th century: from cyclo- + Greek stoma 'mouth'.
consentient: "Of the same opinion in a matter; in agreement", Early 17th century: from Latin consentient- 'agreeing', from the verb consentire (see consent).
cancellous: "Denoting bone tissue with a mesh-like structure containing many pores, typical of the interior of mature bones", Mid 19th century: from Latin cancelli 'crossbars' + -ous.
corrival: "One of several competitors having an equal claim to someone or something, especially a rival suitor", Late 16th century: French, or from Latin corrivalis, from rivalis rival.
cardia: "The upper opening of the stomach, where the oesophagus enters", Late 18th century: from Greek kardia.
cervine: "Relating to deer; deer-like", Mid 19th century: from Latin cervinus, from cervus 'deer', + -ine¹.