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词根词缀:circum-

【来源及含义】Latin: around, about, surrounding, closed curve, circling, circular on all sides; literally, "in a circle"

【相关词根词缀】 Related "around, round, surrounding" units: ambi-; ampho-; circ-; cyclo-, -cycle; gyro-; peri-.

【同源单词】Antarctic Circumpolar Current, circuit, circuitous, circuitously, circuitousness, circuitry

词根词缀:-cise, -cis, -cide

【来源及含义】Latin: to cut, cut

【相关描述】From this combining form, we also get -cide, "kill", but don't confuse the two elements because they have different meanings and applications.

【相关词根词缀】Related cutting-word units: cast-; castrat-; -ectomy; mutil-; put-; sec-, seg-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.

【同源单词】cement, chisel, circumcise, concise, concisely, conciseness