词根词缀：atrio-, atri-
【来源及含义】Latin: entrance hall or chamber; upper heart chamber; central room
【同源单词】atrial, atrial electrogram, atrial fibrillation, atriomegaly, atrioseptoplasty, atrioseptostomy
词根词缀：mega-, meg-
【来源及含义】Greek: large, great, big, powerful
【相关描述】When measuring in the metric [decimal] system, it means a million [U.S.] or millionfold [U.K.]: 106 [1 000 000]. The metric symbol for mega- is M.
【相关词根词缀】 Related "big, large, great" words: grand-; macro-; magni-; major-; maxi-; megalo-. Related "metric" families: yotta; zetta; exa; peta; tera; giga; kilo; hecto; deka; deci; centi; milli; micro; nano; pico; femto; atto; zepto; yocto.
【同源单词】alphmegamia, dysmegalopsia, electronic megaphone, hydromegathermia, hydromegathermic, kilomegacycle
词根词缀：megalo-, megal-, -megalia, -megaly
【来源及含义】Greek: large, big, very big
【相关词根词缀】 Related "big, large, great" words: grand-; macro-; magni-; major-; maxi-; mega-.
【同源单词】acromegalogigantism, acromegaloidism, acromegaly, adenomegaly, adrenomegaly, angiomegaly
词根词缀：-oid, -oidal, -oidism, -odic
【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; like, resembling, similar to, form
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "form, shape, appearance": eido-; figur-; form-; icono-; ideo-; imag-; morpho-; typo-.
【同源单词】acanthoid, acanthozooid, acaroid, acidoid, acromegaloidism, acrostichoid
词根词缀：phon-, phono-
【来源及含义】Greek: (classic and modern) phono, phonos; slaughter, kill, murder, homicide
【相关描述】Don't confuse this phono-, phon- with another phono-, phon-, etc. that means "sound, voice, speech". In Greek, a distinction is made between the phonos (PHOH nohs), "murder", which is spelled with the letter omicron in the last syllable; and the Greek phonos (phoh NOHS), "voice", which is spelled with the letter omega in the last syllable. Both omicron and omega became the letter "o" in English.
【相关词根词缀】 Related "death, dead; kill" units: -cide; lethal-; mort-; neci-; necro-; thanato-.
【同源单词】androphonomania, Androphonos, autophonomania, buphonia, phonomania, phonos
词根词缀：phon-, phono-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, -phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically, -phony
【来源及含义】Greek: sound, voice, speech, tone
【相关描述】This phono-, phon- should not be confused with another phono-, phon- that means "slaughter, murder, homicide". In Greek, a distinction is made between the phonos (PHOH nohs), "murder", which is spelled with the Greek letter omicron in the last syllable; and the Greek phonos (phoh NOHS), "voice", which is spelled with the letter omega in the last syllable. Both omicron and omega became the letter "o" in English.
【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.
【同源单词】acouophone, acouophonia, acrophonetic, acrophonic, acrophony, actinophone
词根词缀：spleno-, splen-, splenico-, spleni-, -splenism, -splenia, -splenic
【来源及含义】Greek: spleen, "the inward parts;" the elongated accessory lymphatic organ of the vascular [blood] system
【相关描述】The spleen is a large glandlike, but ductless, organ situated in the upper part of the abdominal cavity on the left side and lateral to the cardiac end of the stomach.
It is also called the lien. The largest structure in the lymphoid system, it is a flattened oblong shaped structure of about 125 mm. in length.
It disintegrates the red blood cells and sets the hemoglobin free, which the liver converts into bilirubin; it gives rise to new red blood cells during fetal life and in the newborn; serves as a reservoir of blood; produces lymphocytes and plasma cells; and has other important functions, the full scope of which hasn't been entirely determined.
【同源单词】asplenia, asplenic, autosplenectomy, Habet et musca splenem, hepatosplenitis, hepatosplenomegaly