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：galvano-, galvan-

【来源及含义】Named after the Italian physician and physicist who investigated the nature and effects of what he conceived to be electricity in animal tissue; who in 1762 discovered and first described voltaic electricity; electric currents; and primarily, direct electrical current.

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of word units that are related, directly and/or indirectly, with "electricity": electro-; hodo-; ion-; piezo-; -tron; volt; biomechatronics, info; mechatronics, info.

【同源单词】electrolysis, Galvani, galvanic, galvanic battery, galvanic corrosion, galvanic couple

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