词根词缀：homeo-, homoeo-, homio-, homoio-

【来源及含义】Greek: same, like, resembling, sharing in common, similar, equal

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "equal, identical, same, similar": auto-; emul-; equ-, equi-; homo-; iso-; pari-; peer; rhomb-; syn-; tauto-.

【同源单词】homeocephalic, homeogeneous, homeogenesis, homeokinesis, homeometric, homeomorphic

词根词缀：homo-, hom-

【来源及含义】Greek: same, equal, like, similar, common; one and the same

【相关描述】This Greek prefix forms many scientific and other terms, often in opposition to hetero-. Don’t confuse this Greek homo- element with the Latin homo- which means “mankind”.

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "equal, identical, same, similar": auto-; emul-; equ-, equi-; homeo-; iso-; pari-; peer; rhomb-; syn-; tauto-.

【同源单词】homatomic, homeomorphous, homeozoic, homobaric, homobium, homocarpous

词根词缀：morpho-, morph-, -morphous, -morphically, -morphia, -morphosis, -morphously, -morphy, -morphic, -morphism

【来源及含义】Greek: shape, form, figure, appearance

【相关描述】The Roman god of sleep is Somnus; so, when we are sleepy, we are "somnolent". Sleep walking is "somnambulism" which in Latin means exactly the same thing; that is, "sleepwalking".

The son of Somnus is Morpheus, the god of dreams, indicating that sleep gives birth to dreams. Morpheus goes back through Latin to the Greek word for "form" or "shape" because dreams are forms and shapes developed in the mind while sleeping.

【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-; -oid; typo-.

【同源单词】acrostomorphilia, actinomorphic, actinomorphous, actinomorphy, adelomorphous, aeromorphosis