词根词缀：athero-, ather-

【来源及含义】Greek: groats, meal, porridge; soft, pasty materials

【相关描述】This element used to mean "of or pertaining to a sebaceous cyst" and "of or pertaining to arteriosclerosis", the "thickening of the arteries".

【同源单词】atherectomy, atherogenesis, atherogenic, atheroma, atheromatous, atherome

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