词根词缀：cryo-, cry-, kryo-, kry-

【来源及含义】Greek: cold, very cold, freezing; used to describe the effects of low temperatures or activities carried on at a very low temperature

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly or indirectly to "winter, freezing, frost, and/or cold": algid- (cold, chilly); cheimo-, chimo- (winter, cold); crymo-, krymo- (cold, chill, frost); cryo-, kryo-; (cold, freezing); frigo-, frig- (cold, frost); gel-, gelati- (freeze, frost, congeal); hiber- (winter, wintry); pago- (cold, freezing); psychro- (cold); rhigo- (cold, frost; shiver).

【同源单词】cryalgesia, cryanalgesia, cryanesthesia, cryapodia, cryesthesia, cryoablation

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

词根词缀：prostato-, prostat-

【来源及含义】Greek: one who stands before, in front of; refers primarily to the prostate gland [so named because it "stands before" the mouth of the bladder]

【同源单词】bacterial prostatitis, cryoprostatectomy, galvanoprostatectomy, prostatalgia, prostatalgia, prostate