词根词缀：anti-, ant-

【来源及含义】Greek: against, opposed to, preventive; used as a prefix

【相关描述】Don't confuse this anti- ("against, preventive") with the anti- which means "before".

【同源单词】anecdote, antacid, antagonism, antagonistic symbiosis, antagonize, Antarctic

词根词缀：sepsi-, sep-, septi-, septico-, septo-, -sepsis, -septic, -septicemia, -septicemic

【来源及含义】Greek: decay, rot, putrefactive

【相关词根词缀】 Word families with similar applications about: "decay, rotten; wasting away; putrid, pus" word units: phthisio- (decay, waste away); puro- (pus); pus (viscous fluid via an infection); pustu- (blister, pimple); putre- (rotten, decayed); pyo- (pus; purulent); sapro- (rotten, putrid, putrefaction, decay); suppurant- (festering, forming or discharging pus); tabe- (wasting away, decaying).

【同源单词】antisepsis, antiseptic, antiseptic, asepsis, aseptic, asepticism