词根词缀：astragalo-, astragal-

【来源及含义】Greek: anklebone, talus ball of ankle joint; dice, die [the Greeks made these from ankle bones]

【同源单词】astragalar, astragalectomy, astragalocalcanean, astragalofibular, astragalomancy, astragaloscaphoic

词根词缀：-ectomy, -ectome, -ectomize

【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; cut, excise, surgical removal of

【相关词根词缀】 Related cutting-word units: cast-; castrat-; -cise, -cide; mutil-; put-; sec-, seg-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.

【同源单词】abdominal hysterectomy, abdominal nephrectomy, abdominohysterectomy, acetabulectomy, acromionectomy, adenectomy