词根:cyte, cyt, cyto = cell 细胞
词根cyte来源于希腊语。词根cyt,cyto为cyte 的变体; 它相应的拉丁语词根为: cell 细胞,来源于拉丁语 cella,如:cell 细胞、cellulose 纤维素。
同源词:
1. cytology [cyto 细胞 + -logy (n.) 表示“…学” → 有关研究细胞的学问→]
n.细胞学
2. monocyte [mono- 单一,独 + cyte 细胞 + -e (n.) 名词后缀→拥有单独一核的细胞→]
n.单核细胞
3. microcyte [micro- 小,微 + cyte 细胞 + -e (n.) 名词后缀→像细胞一样的小红球→]
n.小红血球
4. macrocyte [macro- 大 + cyte 细胞 + -e (n.) 名词后缀→形容比细胞大很多倍的红血球→]
n.巨红血球
5. leucocyte [leuco 白 + cyte 细胞 + -e (n.) 名词后缀→颜色为白色的细胞→]
n.白细胞,白血球
6. phagocytic [phag 吃、-o- 连接词 + cyte 细胞 + -ic (a.) 形容词后缀,表示“…的”→形容很喜欢吃细胞的→]
adj. 吞噬细胞的
词根词缀:cyto-, cyt-, -cyte, cytio-
【来源及含义】Greek: cells, cell, hollow; used primarily in the extended sense of "animal or plant cells" [because cells were originally thought to be hollow]
【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of word units that are related, directly or indirectly, to "cell, cells, cell nucleus": celli-; cellulo-; endothelio-; gameto-; glio-; kary-, karyo-; neuro-.
【同源单词】anisocytosis, astrocytoma, athrocytosis, autocytoplasty, autophagocytosis, capnocytophaga