词根词缀：electro-, electr-, electri-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: electric, electricity; from amber, resembling amber, generated from amber which when rubbed vigorously [as by friction], produced the effect of static electricity

【相关描述】Equipment which we use everyday relies on electronics to function including calculators, car controls, cameras, washing machines, medical scanners, mobile telephones, radar systems, computers; as well as many other applications or devices which are listed in this unit.

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

【同源单词】acoustoelectric effect, acoustoelectronics, active electrode, ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring, amphoteric electrolyte, anelectrotonus

词根词缀：litho-, lith-, -lith, -lithic, -lite, -liths, -lites

【来源及含义】Greek: stone, rock; hard consolidated mineral matter; hard matter formed from mineral and earth material; hard substance that is solid

【相关词根词缀】 Related "stone, rock" word families: lapid-; petro-; saxi-; stele-.

【同源单词】abyssolith, acaustobiolith, acrolith, aerolite, allotriolith, amygdalolith

词根词缀：-tripsy, -tripsis, -tripic

【来源及含义】Greek: to crush; to massage, to rub, rubbing, friction, to grind

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "rub, rubbing; wear away; wipe": bruxo, brux-; frica-, frict-; terg-; tribo-; trit-.

【同源单词】anatripsis, angiotripsy, cephalotripsy, cholecystolithotripsy, choledocholithotripsy, cleidotripsy

词根词缀：trit-

【来源及含义】Latin: to rub; to thresh, to grind; to wear away; from tritus, past participle of terere, "to rub"

【相关描述】Don't confuse this trit- with another trit- which means "third".

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "rub, rubbing; wear away; wipe": bruxo, brux-; frica-, frict-; terg-; tribo-; -tripsy.

【同源单词】antiattrition, attrite, attrition, biodetritus, contrite, contritely