词根词缀:cortic-, cortico-, cort-, cortex
【来源及含义】Latin: bark, rind; literally, that which is "stripped off"; used in its extended senses, chief among these being "pertaining to the outer layer of a bodily organ, especially the brain"
【同源单词】adrenocorticotrophic, allocortex, cortex, corticectomy, corticiferous, corticiform
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