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：-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：ptomato-, ptomat-, pto-, -ptosia, -ptosis, -ptoma, -ptot-

【来源及含义】Greek: fall, a falling down of an organ; drooping, sagging; corpse

【同源单词】apoptosis, asymptomatic, asymptote, asymptotic, asymptotical, blepharoptosis

词根词缀：syn-, sy-, sym-, syl-, sys-

【来源及含义】Greek: with, together with; also by extension: united; same, similar; at the same time

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "equal, identical, same, similar": auto-; emul-; equ-, equi-; homeo-; homo-; iso-; pari-; peer; rhomb-; tauto-.

【同源单词】acrocephalopolysyndactyly, acrocephalosyndactylia, acrocephalosyndactyly, acrosyndesis, allosynapsis, antagonistic symbiosis