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词根:moll = soft, 表示”软“

mollusc n. 软体动物(moll+usc可能来自husk“外壳”)

mollify v. 抚慰;变软(moll+ify化→软化→抚慰)

meollient n. 润肤剂,软化剂(e出+moll+ient→使东西软起来→软化剂)

词根词缀:calyc-, calyci-, calyx-

【来源及含义】Greek: shell; husk; cup [of a flower], used primarily in the specialized senses of "pertaining to or of a cup-shaped bodily organ or cavity"; also a reference to the "cup-shaped ring of sepals encasing a flower bud"

【同源单词】calicectomy, calycanthemous, calyces, calyciflorous, calyciform, calycine

词根词缀:echino-, echin-

【来源及含义】Greek: spiny, prickly; sea urchin; hedgehog; [spiny] seed husk

【同源单词】echinate, echinidium, echinite, echinochrome, echinocyte, echinoderm

词根词缀:lemma-, lemmata-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: to take [something for granted]; an assumption taken for granted; premise; anything taken

【相关描述】Don't confuse the words in this unit with another lemmo-, lemm- lemma- unit meaning "sheath, husk".

【同源单词】analemma, dilemma, lemma, lemmatize, pentalemma, polylemma

词根词缀:lemmo-, lemm-, lemma-

【来源及含义】Greek: sheath, husk

【相关描述】Don't confuse the words in this unit with another lemma-, lemmata- unit which means "to take [something for granted]; an assumption taken for granted; premise; anything taken".

【同源单词】alemma, analemma, epilemma, glandilemma, lemma, lemmocyte

词根词缀:lept-, lepto-

【来源及含义】Greek: thin, small, fine, delicate, mild; from "peeled, husked"; used primarily in the sense of "abnormally thin, narrow, slender, or delicate"

【同源单词】leptiform, leptocaul, leptocentric, leptocephalia, leptocephalic, leptocephaloid

词根词缀:vagino-, vagin-

【来源及含义】Latin: originally, "sheath, scabbard, the husk of grain"; in medical science, the vagina or lowest part of the female genital tract, the canal that leads from the vulva to the uterus

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; ventricul-.

【同源单词】evaginate, vagina, vaginae, vaginal, vaginalectomy, vaginapexy