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：grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia

【来源及含义】Greek: to scratch; to write, to record, to draw, to describe; that which is written or described

【相关描述】As indicated at the bottom of this page, there are a significantly large number of graphic word-entry groups in this unit. Such an extensive listing is provided to show how important the grapho- element is to the English language.

【相关词根词缀】Related "writing" word units: glypto-; gram-; scrib-, script-.

【同源单词】abdominal aortography, accelerograph, acoustic agraphia, acrography, actinograph, actinography

词根词缀：-ic

【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; pertaining to; of the nature of, like; in chemistry, it denotes a higher valence of the element than is expressed by -ous

【同源单词】abdominocystic, abdominopelvic, abdominoscopy, abdominothoracic, abiogenetic, abiogenic

词根词缀：ortho-, orth-

【来源及含义】Greek: right, straight, correct, true; designed to correct

【同源单词】anorthographic, anorthography, anorthopia, anorthosis, diorthosis, orthergasia