词根：chiro, cheir = 手

  来源于希腊语 cheir 手，也可以理解为：-chir- 由词根 -cheir- 脱落元音e而成。chiro- 为 -chir- 的变体，它相应的拉丁语词根为：-manu- 手。

同源词：

1. chiropodist  [chiro 手，pod 足，-ist 人]
  n.治手足病医生

2. chiropody  [见上，-y名词后缀]
  n.手足病治疗

3. chirograph  [chiro 手，graph 写]
  n.亲笔字据

4. chirography  [chiro 手，graph 写，-y 名词后缀]
  n.笔迹；书法

5. chiromancy  [chiro 手，mancy 占卜]
  n.相手术，看手相

6. chiromancer
  n.相手术者，看手相的人

7. chirologist  [chiro 手，log 语言，-ist 人]
  n.作手语的人，手语者

8. chirology [见上，-y 名词后缀]
  n.手语术

9. chiropter  [chiro 手，pter 翅，翼]
  n.翼手类动物

10. cheirospasm
  n.手痉挛

11. cheirarthritis
  n.手关节炎

12. chiroplasty
  n.手成形术

词根词缀：cheiro-, cheir-, chiro-, chir-, -cheiria, -chiria

【来源及含义】Greek: hand; pertaining to the hand or hands

【相关词根词缀】 Related "hand" units: Dextro and Sinsitro History; Hands as Objects of Art; Hands: Mechanical Marvels; manu-; palm.

【同源单词】acephalochiria, acheiral, acheiria, acheiropodia, acheirus, achirus

词根词缀：chiron-

【来源及含义】Greek: Cheiron > Latin, Chiron; a centaur famous for his knowledge of plants

【同源单词】Chiron

词根词缀：chiropter-, cheiropter-

【来源及含义】Greek: bat, bats; flying mammals with wings: cheir, "hand" + pteron, "wing"

【同源单词】cheiropter, Cheiroptera, cheiropteran, Cheiropterygium, chiropterophile, chiropterophilia

词根词缀：hirco-, hirc-

【来源及含义】Latin: goat

【相关词根词缀】 Related goat-word units: aego-; capri-; tragico-.

【同源单词】Capra hircus, hircine, hircinous, hircism, hircismus, hircocervus

词根词缀：hirudin-, hirudi-, hirud-

【来源及含义】Latin: leech, leeches

【同源单词】hirudicidal, hirudicide, hirudin, Hirudinaria, hirudine, Hirudinea

词根词缀：phtheir-, phtheiro-, phthiri-, phthirio-

【来源及含义】Greek: louse, lice

【同源单词】Phthiraptera, phthiriasis, phthiriophobia, phthirophagous, Phthirus, Phthirus pubis