词根词缀:chordo-, chord-, cordo-, cord-

【来源及含义】Greek: khorde, "gut string" [of a lyre]; used in an extended sense to mean "sinew, flexible rod-shaped organ, string, cord"; Latin: chorda, "related notes in music, string of a musical instrument, cat-gut" via Old French, corde, "rope, string, twist, cord"

【同源单词】anemochord, cephalochordata, chordata, chordectomy, chorditis, chronic subglottic laryngitis

词根词缀:uro-, ur-, -urous, -ura, -uroid, -urus, -uridae

【来源及含义】Greek: tail, tail-like

【相关描述】Don't confuse this uro- unit with another uro- unit which refers to "water, rain, and urine".

【相关词根词缀】 Related "tail" word units: caudo-; cerc-.

【同源单词】anthurium, anurous, brachyurous, cynosure, urochord, urodele