词根词缀：hystero-, hyster-, hysteri-

【来源及含义】Greek: the womb or uterus; hysteria

【相关描述】"Hysteric disturbances", that most frequently occur in women were ascribed erroneously by ancient Greeks to the influence of the womb and were, for this reason, called hysteria, "disease of the womb".

This hestero- unit is not related to a similarly spelled hysteres- unit of words referring to "shortcoming, deficiency; to be behind, to come late, to lag; later".

【同源单词】colpohysteropexy, colpohysterotomy, electrohysterogram, electrohysterography, epidemic hysteria, hesteriac

词根词缀：meter-, metro-, metr-, -metrical, -metrically, -metron, -metric, -metrist, -meter, -meters, -metry, -metre

【来源及含义】Greek: measure

【相关词根词缀】 Related "measure" and "metric" words and charts: mens-; Metric Chart of Units; Metric-Length Converter; Metric Units and Links.

【同源单词】absorptiometry, accelerometer, acetimeter, acetimetry, acidimeter, acidimetry