词根词缀：caries, cario-

【来源及含义】Latin: decay, rottenness

【同源单词】caries, cariogenesis, cariogenic, cariogenicity, cariology, cariostatic

词根词缀：phthisio-, phthis-, phthi-, -phthisis

【来源及含义】Greek: decay, waste away, waning; loss, diminution

【相关描述】In the past, tuberculosis was called consumption, because it seemed to consume people from within, with a bloody cough, fever, pallor, and long relentless wasting. Other names included phthisis, Greek for "consumption" and phthisis pulmonalis.

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

【同源单词】antiphthisic, fibroid phthisis, gastrophthisis, hemophthisis, laryngophthisis, limophthisis

词根词缀：puro-, puru-

【来源及含义】Latin: pus

【相关词根词缀】 Word families with similar applications about: "decay, rotten; wasting away; putrid, pus" word units: phthisio- (decay, waste away); pus (viscous fluid via an infection); pustu- (blister, pimple); putre- (rotten, decayed); pyo- (pus; purulent); sapro- (rotten, putrid, putrefaction, decay); sepsi- (decay, rot, putrefactive); suppurant- (festering, forming or discharging pus); tabe- (wasting away, decaying). Cross references of word groups that are related, partially or extensively, to: "blister, bump, swelling": bull-; ichor-; papulo-; pemphig-; pus-; pustu-; pyo-; suppurant-; tum-; vesico-; vesiculo-.

【同源单词】mucopurulent, purohepatitis, puromucous, purulence, purulency, purulent

词根词缀：pustu-

【来源及含义】Latin: blister, pimple

【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); putre- (rotten, decayed); pyo- (pus; purulent); sapro- (rotten, putrid, putrefaction, decay); sepsi- (decay, rot, putrefactive); suppurant- (festering, forming or discharging pus); tabe- (wasting away, decaying). Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving the "skin": callus-; chorio-; cicatri- (scar); cori-; cuti-; hymen-; lepido- (scab, scale); papulo- (pimple); psoro- (itch, mange); rhytid- (wrinkle); scabio- (mange, itchy); sebo- (grease, oil). Cross references of word groups that are related, partially or extensively, to: "blister, bump, swelling": bull-; ichor-; papulo-; pemphig-; puro-; pus-; pyo-; suppurant-; tum-; vesico-; vesiculo-.

【同源单词】acropustulosis, papulopustular, pustulant, pustular, pustulate, pustulation

词根词缀：putre-, putri-, putid-

【来源及含义】Latin: rotten, decayed; to be rotten, to become rotten, to decay

【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); pyo- (pus; purulent); sapro- (rotten, putrid, putrefaction, decay); sepsi- (decay, rot, putrefactive); suppurant- (festering, forming or discharging pus); tabe- (wasting away, decaying).

【同源单词】antiputrefactive, Cito maturum, imputrescible, putid, putredinous, putrefacation

词根词缀：pyo-, py-

【来源及含义】Greek: pus; purulent, an infection or foreign material that causes a thick whitish-yellow fluid which results from the accumulation of white blood cells

【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); sapro- (rotten, putrid, putrefaction, decay); sepsi- (decay, rot, putrefactive); suppurant- (festering, forming or discharging pus); tabe- (wasting away, decaying). Cross references of word groups that are related, partially or extensively, to: "blister, bump, swelling": bull-; ichor-; papulo-; pemphig-; puro-; pus-; pustu-; suppurant-; tum-; vesico-; vesiculo-.

【同源单词】archepyon, arthroempyesis, biopyoculture, biopyocultured, dacryopyorrhea, dacryopyosis

词根词缀：rancid-

【来源及含义】Latin: stinking, offensive; spoiled, rotten; foul smelling, disgusting

【同源单词】rancid, rancidification, rancidify, rancidity, rancidly, rancidness

词根词缀：sapro-, sapr-, sap-

【来源及含义】Greek: rotten, putrid, putrefaction, decay; poisoning from bacterial action

【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) sepsi- (decay, rot, putrefactive); suppurant- (festering, forming or discharging pus); tabe- (wasting away, decaying).

【同源单词】holosaprophyte, mesosaprobe, mesosaprobic, oligosaprobic, polysaprobic, sapremia

词根词缀：sathro-, sathr-

【来源及含义】Greek: decayed, rotten; unsound, weak; humus

【同源单词】sathrophilous, sathrophily, sathrophyte, sathrophytic

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