词根词缀:carpo-, carp-, -carpals, -carpus (wrist)
【来源及含义】Greek: wrist [literally, "that which turns"]
【同源单词】carpal, carpale, carpectomy, carpitis, carpocarpal, carpopedal
词根词缀:meta-, met-, meth-
【来源及含义】Greek: after, behind, beyond; changed in form, altered; higher [used to designate a higher degree of a branch of science]
【同源单词】acrometagenesis, allochemical metamorphism, atmometamorphism, brachymetapody, digitometatarsal, ectrometacarpia