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1、DICTIONARYofWORDROOTSandCOMBININGFORMSDICTIONARYofWORDROOTSandCOMBININGFORMSCompiledfromtheGreek,Latin,andotherlanguages,withspecialreferencetobiologicaltermsandscientificnamesDonaldJ.BorrorTheOhioStateUniversityMAYFIELDPUBLISHINGCOMPANYFirstEdition,1960Copyright©1960byDonaldJ.BorrorCopyr
2、ight©1988.RenewedbyArthurC.BorrorManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaLibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber60-15564MayfieldPublishingCompany1280VillaStreetMountainView,California94041PrefaceOneoftheoutstandingproblemsofthebiologist,whetherhebebeginningstudentorspecialist,isthatofunderstandi
3、ngtechnicalterms.Thebestwaytounderstandandremembertechnicaltermsistounderstandfirsttheircomponentparts,orroots.Tothisendthevariouswordroots,fromtheLatin,Greek,andotherlanguages,thataremostfrequentlyencounteredinbiologicaltermshavebeenbroughttogetherinthisdictionary.Someofthewordrootsliste
4、dinthefollowingpagesareusedinmanyscientifictermsandnames,andoncetheirmeaningisunder•stoodtheiroccurrenceinwordssubsequentlyencounteredwillimme•diatelysuggestthemeaningsofthenewwords.Thetaskoflookingupanewwordinatechnicalorunabridgeddictionaryisoftenelimi•natedbyaknowledgeofwordroots.Thest
5、udyoftherootsofwordscanbecomeextremelyinteresting,aswellasaveryvaluableaidinunderstandingnewterms.Thisdictionaryhasbeendesignedprimarilytomeettheneedsofthebeginningstudent,themedicalstudent,andthetaxonomist,butitshouldbeofvaluetoallbiologists.Bothstudentandteacherarekeenlyawareofthediffic
6、ultiesofthebeginningstudentinlearningtechnicalterms;themedicalstudentisoftenoverwhelmedbythemultitudeofnamesofstructures,conditions,andprocesseswhichhemustunderstandandremember;andthetaxonomistfrequentlyencounterswordsthemeaningsofwhicharetobefoundonlyinaLatinorGreekdictionary,ifatall.The
7、sectionontheformulationofscientificnames,followingthelistofwordroots,shouldbeofvaluetothetaxonomistwhoisinter•estedinnamingnewspeciesorgroups.iiiTableofContentsPagePrefaceiiiHowToUseThisDictionary1DictionaryofWordRootsandCombiningForms..7FormulationofScientificNames
