dictionary of word roots and combining forms (1960)

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1、DICTIONARYofWORDROOTSandCOMBININGFORMSDICTIONARYofWORDROOTSandCOMBININGFORMSCompiledfromtheGreek,Latin,andotherlanguages,withspecialreferencetobiologicaltermsandscientificnamesDonaldJ.BorrorTheOhioStateUniversityMAYFIELDPUBLISHINGCOMPANYFirstEdition,1960Copyright©1960byDo

2、naldJ.BorrorCopyright©1988.RenewedbyArthurC.BorrorManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaLibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber60-15564MayfieldPublishingCompany1280VillaStreetMountainView,California94041PrefaceOneoftheoutstandingproblemsofthebiologist,whetherhebebeginningstude

3、ntorspecialist,isthatofunderstandingtechnicalterms.Thebestwaytounderstandandremembertechnicaltermsistounderstandfirsttheircomponentparts,orroots.Tothisendthevariouswordroots,fromtheLatin,Greek,andotherlanguages,thataremostfrequentlyencounteredinbiologicaltermshavebeenbrou

4、ghttogetherinthisdictionary.Someofthewordrootslistedinthefollowingpagesareusedinmanyscientifictermsandnames,andoncetheirmeaningisunder•stoodtheiroccurrenceinwordssubsequentlyencounteredwillimme•diatelysuggestthemeaningsofthenewwords.Thetaskoflookingupanewwordinatechnicalo

5、runabridgeddictionaryisoftenelimi•natedbyaknowledgeofwordroots.Thestudyoftherootsofwordscanbecomeextremelyinteresting,aswellasaveryvaluableaidinunderstandingnewterms.Thisdictionaryhasbeendesignedprimarilytomeettheneedsofthebeginningstudent,themedicalstudent,andthetaxonomi

6、st,butitshouldbeofvaluetoallbiologists.Bothstudentandteacherarekeenlyawareofthedifficultiesofthebeginningstudentinlearningtechnicalterms;themedicalstudentisoftenoverwhelmedbythemultitudeofnamesofstructures,conditions,andprocesseswhichhemustunderstandandremember;andthetaxo

7、nomistfrequentlyencounterswordsthemeaningsofwhicharetobefoundonlyinaLatinorGreekdictionary,ifatall.Thesectionontheformulationofscientificnames,followingthelistofwordroots,shouldbeofvaluetothetaxonomistwhoisinter•estedinnamingnewspeciesorgroups.iiiTableofContentsPagePrefac

8、eiiiHowToUseThisDictionary1DictionaryofWordRootsandCombiningForms..7FormulationofScientificNames