词根词缀：a-, an-

【来源及含义】Greek: prefix; no, absence of, without, lack of; not

【相关描述】These prefixes are normally used with elements of Greek origin, a- is used before consonants and an- is used before vowels.

It affects the meanings of hundreds of words.

There are too many words that use these prefix elements to list all of them on this site; however, there are significant examples listed in this and the other units where they exist.

【同源单词】abacterial, abaptism, abarognosis, abasia, abiocoen, abiogenesis

词根词缀：geno-, gen-, genit-, gener-, -gen

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: race, kind; line of descent; origin, creation; pertaining to sexual relations, reproduction, or heredity; and more recently, a gene or genes

【同源单词】abiogenesis, abiogenetic, abiogenetically, abiogenous, acrogen, acrometagenesis

词根词缀：nephr-, nephro-, nephri-, -nephric

【来源及含义】Greek: nephros; kidney, kidneys

【同源单词】abdominal nephrectomy, anephric, anephrogenesis, archinephric, archinephros, arteriolonephrosclerosis