词根词缀:bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical

【来源及含义】Greek: life; living, live, alive

【相关描述】Don’t confuse this element with another bi- which means "two".

【相关词根词缀】 Related life, live-word units: anima-; -cole; vita-; viva-.

【同源单词】abiatrophy, abiocoen, abiogenesis, abiogenetic, abiogenetically, abiogenic

词根词缀:xeno-, xen-, -xenic, -xenism, -xenist, -xenous, -xeny

【来源及含义】Greek: foreign, foreigner; alien; different; extraneous; strange, stranger; and by extension, guest

【相关描述】The "x" in xeno- is pronounced "z"; "zeno". Greeks are said to have considered any stranger a "guest" and modern Greek includes xenodocheion a "guest house" or "house for guests" or its modern version of "hotel".

The etymological meaning usually denotes some aspect of a relationship involving guests or visitors of some kind.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "foreign, strange" word families: allotrio-; barbar-.

【同源单词】alloxeny, autoxenous, axenic, axenous, axeny, dixenic