词根:chiro, cheir = 手
来源于希腊语 cheir 手,也可以理解为:-chir- 由词根 -cheir- 脱落元音e而成。chiro- 为 -chir- 的变体,它相应的拉丁语词根为:-manu- 手。
同源词:
1. chiropodist [chiro 手,pod 足,-ist 人]
n.治手足病医生
2. chiropody [见上,-y名词后缀]
n.手足病治疗
3. chirograph [chiro 手,graph 写]
n.亲笔字据
4. chirography [chiro 手,graph 写,-y 名词后缀]
n.笔迹;书法
5. chiromancy [chiro 手,mancy 占卜]
n.相手术,看手相
6. chiromancer
n.相手术者,看手相的人
7. chirologist [chiro 手,log 语言,-ist 人]
n.作手语的人,手语者
8. chirology [见上,-y 名词后缀]
n.手语术
9. chiropter [chiro 手,pter 翅,翼]
n.翼手类动物
10. cheirospasm
n.手痉挛
11. cheirarthritis
n.手关节炎
12. chiroplasty
n.手成形术
词根词缀:cheiro-, cheir-, chiro-, chir-, -cheiria, -chiria
【来源及含义】Greek: hand; pertaining to the hand or hands
【相关词根词缀】 Related "hand" units: Dextro and Sinsitro History; Hands as Objects of Art; Hands: Mechanical Marvels; manu-; palm.
【同源单词】acephalochiria, acheiral, acheiria, acheiropodia, acheirus, achirus