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词根词缀:olig-, oligo-

【来源及含义】Greek: prefix; scanty, little, meager, tiny, infrequent; abnormally few or small

【相关词根词缀】Related "few, small, less, little" word units: micro-; mini-; mio-, meio-; nano-.

【同源单词】oligacanthous, oligandrous, oliganthous, oligarch, oligarchic, oligarchical

词根词缀:opsono-, opson-, opso-; opsino-; opsoni; -opsony

【来源及含义】Greek: boiled meat; to buy food; to purchase provisions; shopping

【相关描述】"Something to accompany bread to make it more palatable"; hence, "condiment, relish". Also used with the biochemical suffix -in which is used in naming antibiotics, the idea being that opsonin acts as a "condiment" to make bacteria more "palatable" to phagocytes.

【同源单词】duopsony, monopsonist, monopsonistic, monopsony, oligopsonistic, oligopsony