词根词缀:calyc-, calyci-, calyx-
【来源及含义】Greek: shell; husk; cup [of a flower], used primarily in the specialized senses of "pertaining to or of a cup-shaped bodily organ or cavity"; also a reference to the "cup-shaped ring of sepals encasing a flower bud"
【同源单词】calicectomy, calycanthemous, calyces, calyciflorous, calyciform, calycine
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:dolich-, dolicho-
【来源及含义】Greek: long; used in extended senses as, "abnormally long"; narrow
【同源单词】acrodolichomelia, dolichocephalic, dolichocolia, dolichocolon, dolichoderus, dolichoeuromesocephalus
词根词缀:ex-, e-, ef-
【来源及含义】Latin: a prefix occurring in words of Latin origin used in the senses: out, out of, from; upward; completely, entirely; to remove from, deprive of; without; former [said of previous holders of office or dignity]
【相关描述】Before f, ex- becomes ef-; before all voiced consonants (as b, d, g, etc.) ex- becomes e-.
【同源单词】e pluribus unum, educate, educe, efface, effacement, effete
词根词缀:-ment
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; result of, means of, act of; place of action
【相关描述】The suffix -meant is a final word element derived through Middle English and French from the Latin suffix -ment(um), originally used to form agent and action nouns from verbs, now used to form nouns and denominative verbs in several related senses:
The verb combinations show no change in basic form: cement, compliment, lament.
Principal parts: -menting, -mented, -mented.
Related forms: -mentum (singular); -menta, -menti, -ments (plurals).
【同源单词】abolishment, abridgment, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement
词根词缀:papaver-
【来源及含义】Latin: poppy; used in extended senses to mean "pertaining to, containing, or derived from opium"
【同源单词】papaver, papaveraceous, papaveretum, papaverine, papavero, papaverous
词根词缀:thermo-, therm-, thermi-, -thermia, -therm, -thermal, -thermic, -thermias, -thermies, -thermous, -thermy
【来源及含义】Greek: heat, heating, heater, hot, warm
【相关描述】The term heat is employed in ordinary language in different senses. Some scientists distinguish four principal applications of the term:
【相关词根词缀】 Related "heat, hot" word units: ferv-; pyreto-. Related "bubble" word unit: ebulli-.
【同源单词】acrohypothermia, acrohypothermy, adiathermance, adiathermancy, adiathermanic, adiathermanous