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词根:-med-, -medi-

【词根含义】:中间;医药

【词根来源】:“医药”的意义来源于拉丁语词根med-及其在拉丁语中派生的词汇mederi(治愈),medicus(医生),medicina(临床)和medicari(治疗)等;“中间”的意义来源于拉丁语形容词 medius, media, medium(中间的)。

【同源单词】:amid, medicable, medical, medicine, midday

词根词缀:-able

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.

【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.

This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.

【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable

词根词缀:medico-, medic-, medi-, med-

【来源及含义】Latin: heal, cure; physician

【相关词根词缀】Medicine is the discipline that is concerned with the preservation of health and the diagnosis and treatment of human disabilities.

【同源单词】aeromedicine, agromed, alopecia medicamentosa, biomedical, biomedical engineering, biomedicine