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词根词缀:cerebro-, cerebr-, cereb-, cerebri-

【来源及含义】Latin: brain; that part of the brain that is concerned with the coordination of body movements

【同源单词】acerebral, cerebral, cerebralgia, cerebrasthenia, cerebrate verb, cerebriform

词根词缀:medico-, medic-, medi-, med-

【来源及含义】Latin: heal, cure; physician

【相关词根词缀】Medicine is the discipline that is concerned with the preservation of health and the diagnosis and treatment of human disabilities.

【同源单词】aeromedicine, agromed, alopecia medicamentosa, biomedical, biomedical engineering, biomedicine

词根词缀:pragmato-, pragmat-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: skilled in the law; busy, skilled in business; a thing done; to do, effect, accomplish, practice

【相关描述】It started in Greek with the meanings: "to do, act, perform"; then it meant "civil business, deed, act"; and into Latin as, "skilled in business or law". The meaning concerned with "practical results or values" is first recorded in the form pragmatical (1597) and later as pragmatic in 1853.

The form, "pragmatism", is a philosophy that stresses practical results.

【同源单词】pragmatagnosia, pragmatamnesia, pragmatic, pragmatical, pragmatically, pragmaticalness