词根词缀：anti-, ant-

【来源及含义】Greek: against, opposed to, preventive; used as a prefix

【相关描述】Don't confuse this anti- ("against, preventive") with the anti- which means "before".

【同源单词】anecdote, antacid, antagonism, antagonistic symbiosis, antagonize, Antarctic

词根词缀：-etic, -etics

【来源及含义】Greek: -etikos, an adjective suffix meaning "pertaining to, of the nature of" for nouns ending in -esis

【同源单词】abiogenetic, acetic, acetic, acetic, acmesthetic, acrophonic

词根词缀：-ic

【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; pertaining to; of the nature of, like; in chemistry, it denotes a higher valence of the element than is expressed by -ous

【同源单词】abdominocystic, abdominopelvic, abdominoscopy, abdominothoracic, abiogenetic, abiogenic

词根词缀：pyreto-, -pyrexia, -pyrexias, pyrito-

【来源及含义】Greek: fever, feverish, burning heat, hot

【相关描述】Closely related to the pyro- unit meaning fire, burn.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "heat, hot" word units: ferv-; thermo-. Cross references of word groups that are related, directly, indirectly, or partly to: "fire, burn, glow, or ashes": ars-, ard-; -bust; cand-, cend-; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; ether-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; gehenna-; ign-; phleg-; phlog-; pyr-; spod- (ashes; waste); volcan-.

【同源单词】alexipyretic, antipyresis, antipyretic, apyretic, apyrexia, apyrexial