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词根词缀:aniso-, anis-

【来源及含义】Greek: unequal; by extension: unsymmetrical, uneven; dissimilar, unlike

【相关描述】A combination of an- (Greek), "negative", "no", or "not"; plus iso-, "equal" resulting in unequal or not equal.

A formative of technical terms, in many cases merely the negative of corresponding terms in iso-.

【同源单词】aniseikonia, anisergy, aniso, anisocarpous, anisochromasia, anisochromia

词根词缀:chym-, chymo-, chymi-

【来源及含义】Greek: juice, liquid; the semifluid material resulting from the partial digestion of food

【相关词根词缀】This chym- unit is directly related to the chyl- family group.

【同源单词】achymous, chyme, chymiferous, chymification, chymify, chymistry

词根词缀:hor-, horr-

【来源及含义】Latin: bristling, rough, roughness; rudeness; shaking, tremble, trembling, shutter; shock; disgust, hatred; resulting in horror, horrid, etc.

【同源单词】abhor, abhorred, abhorrence, abhorrent, abhorrently, abhorrer

词根词缀:mantel-, mantle-, -manteau

【来源及含义】Latin: mantellum, cloak, veil; by way of Middle English, from Old English mentel and from Old French mantel; resulting in English words that include: mantle, mantel, and manteau

【同源单词】dismantle, dismantlement, dismantler, dismantling, lower mantle, manta

词根词缀:-plexia, -plexias, -plexies, -plexy, -plectic, -plexic

【来源及含义】Greek: stroke, wound; used in medicine to denote "a condition resulting from a stroke"

【同源单词】apoplectic, apoplexy, cataplexy, electroplexy, neuroplexia, neuroplexus

词根词缀:scorbuti-, scorbut-

【来源及含义】Latin: pertaining to, or having scurvy [a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C in the body, characterized by weakness, anemia, spongy gums, bleeding from the mucous membranes, etc.]

【同源单词】antiscorbutic, scorbutic, scorbutigenic

词根词缀:-tion

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction

【相关描述】This unit is presenting a small fraction of the hundreds of words ending with the suffix of -tion; however, there is a significant number of words which may help everyone have a better understanding and appreciation of the use of this element.

【同源单词】abduction, abjection, ablution, ablution, abolition, abruption

词根词缀:typho-, typh-, -typhoidal, -typhus

【来源及含义】Greek: to smoke; smoke, mist, vapor, hot vapor, steam, cloud, fog; stupor [insensibility, numbness, dullness]; used exclusively in medicine as a reference to fever accompanied by stupor or a clouding of the mind resulting from the fever caused by a severe-infectious disease

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "smoke, smoking": atmido-; capno; Capnomania & Fumimania, Pt. 1; Capnophobia & Fumiphobia, Pt. 1; fumi-; nebula-.

【同源单词】antityphoid, meningotyphoid, nyctotyphlosis, paratyphoid, pleurotyphoid, posttyphoid