词根词缀：crin-, crino-

【来源及含义】Greek: to secrete, to exude; such as, a certain gland or glands

【同源单词】allocrine, angiocrine, angiocrinosis, apocrine, apocrine gland, autocrine

词根词缀：path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy

【来源及含义】Greek: feeling, sensation, perception; suffering, disease, or disorder; a system of treating diseases

【相关描述】In medicine, some of these elements usually mean "someone who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats a disease"; so, they should not be confused with the words that mean "feeling" which are also shown on these pages even though both meanings come from the same Greek element.

【相关词根词缀】 Related-word units meaning feeling: aesth-; senso-; pass-.

【同源单词】acroleukopathy, acropathology, acropathy, adenopathy, adrenalopathy, adrenopathy

词根词缀：poly-

【来源及含义】Greek: many, much; excessive; abnormal amount, profuse, ample, large quantity; multiple, abundant, numerous

【相关描述】Don’t confuse this poly- with another -poly which means “to sell”.

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing": copi-; exuber-; hyper-; multi-; opulen-; ple-; pleio-; plethor-; super-; total-; ultra-; undu-.

【同源单词】acrocephalopolysyndactyly, Andra moi ennepe mousa polytropon hos malapolla planchthe, electrodiaphanoscope, fibrous dysplasia, hyperpolysyllabicomania, hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist