词根词缀:tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: to move in a certain direction; to stretch, to hold out; tension; as well as tendon, sinew
【同源单词】Achilles tendon, achillotenotomy, attend, attendance, attendance, attendant
词根词缀:tono-, -tonia, -tone, -tony, -tonic, -tonical (tension)
【来源及含义】Greek: tonos = tension, pressure
【相关描述】The element tono- is a combining form with the meanings "stretching", "tension", "tone", used in the formation of compound words.
The suffix element -tonia is a combining form with the meanings of "muscle tension" or "nerve tension"; as specified by the initial element: hypertonia; used also in the formation of words that denote more generally a personality type or personality disorder; for example, catatonia and somatotonia.
【同源单词】amyotonia, amyotonic, angiohypertonia, angiohypotonia, atonia, atonic