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词根词缀:alcoholo-, alcohol-, alcoho-

【来源及含义】Arabic > Latin: alcohol, originally an "essence or very fine powder"

【相关描述】A finely pulverized antimony ore or metallic powder used for painting the eyelids that is related to Hebrew kahal.

The term comes from Arabic al-kuhl which is from al-, "the" and kohl or kuhl, "antimony sulfide".

【同源单词】alcholimetric, alcholizer, alcholometrical, alcogel, alcohol, alcohol

词根词缀:di-, die-, -diem, diurn-

【来源及含义】Latin: day

【相关描述】Don't confuse this dies, "day" (DEE uhs) with the verb dies (DIGHZ) which refers to "dying" or "death".

【相关词根词缀】Another related "day" unit is located at hemer-.

【同源单词】adjourn, adjournment, antemeridian, Carpe diem, circadian, diary

词根词缀:gehenna-

【来源及含义】Hebrew > Greek > Latin: hell or hellfire

【相关描述】Moloch [MOH luhk] or Molech (Hebrew, melech: king). He was the god of the Ammonites, to whom children were made "to pass through the fire" as sacrifices. Children were dedicated ("passed over") and burned to Molech at the Tophet in the Valley of Hinnom near Jerusalem.

During the monarchical period of the Hebrews, the site was an infamous high place (called "topheth" and derived from an Aramaic word meaning "fireplace"), where some of the kings of Judah engaged in forbidden religious practices, including human sacrifice by fire; as mentioned earlier.

Probably because of these associations with fiery destruction and judgment, the word "Gehenna" came to be used metaphorically as a designation for hell or eternal damnation. As such, Gehenna is to be distinguished from Hades, which is either the bode of all the dead in general or the place where the wicked await the final judgment. In the New Testament, Gehenna designates the place or state of the final punishment of the wicked. It is variously described as a fiery furnace, an unquenchable fire, or an eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word groups that are related, directly, indirectly, or partly to: "fire, burn, glow, or ashes": ars-, ard-; -bust; cand-, cend-; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; ether-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; ign-; phleg-; phlog-; pyreto-, -pyrexia; pyr-; spod- (ashes; waste); volcan-.

【同源单词】gehenna, gehenne, gehennical

词根词缀:halio-, hali-, halo-, hal-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: salt or "the sea"

【相关描述】Don't confuse this halio-, halo-, hal- unit with another hal- unit which means "breathe, breath".

【相关词根词缀】Related "salt" unit: sal-. Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: abysso- (bottomless); Atlantic; batho-, bathy- (depth); bentho- (deep, depth); mare, mari- (sea); necto-, nekto- (swimming); oceano-; pelago- (sea, ocean); plankto- (drifting); thalasso- (sea, ocean).

【同源单词】euhaline, euryhaline, halibios, halic, halicole, halicolous

词根词缀:hemer-, hemero-

【来源及含义】Greek: day

【相关词根词缀】Another related "day" unit is located at this dies (DEE uhs) location.

【同源单词】cathemeral, Ephemera, ephemeral, ephemerality, ephemerally, ephemeralness

词根词缀:laryng-, laryngo-

【来源及含义】Greek > Modern Latin: throat, upper part of the windpipe; the vocal-chord area of the throat; the musculocartilaginous structure below the tongue root and hyoid bone and above the trachea

【相关描述】Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition, cautions users to be aware of the proper pronunciations of laryngo- (luh RING goh) and laryng- (luh RINJ): "Avoid mispronouncing this combining form lar-in' jo" or (lar IN joh).

Here is a special article about the Neck and Throat.

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references related to "neck, throat" word families: cervic-; coll-; esophag-; guttur-; nuch-; trachel-.

【同源单词】autolaryngoscopy, chronic posterior laryngitis, chronic subglottic laryngitis, croupous laryngitis, esophagolaryngectomy, esophagopharyngolaryngectomy

词根词缀:sialo-, sial-

【来源及含义】Greek: saliva (suh LIGH vuh); spittle, foam from the mouth; the salivary glands

【相关词根词缀】Other related saliva and/or spittle units: ptyalo-; salivo-; sput-.

【同源单词】aerosialophagy, antisialagogue, asialia, galactosialidosis, glycosialorrhea, insalivation