ˈbulbo-comb. form (used also in mod.L.) of L. bulbus, bulb, forming principally adjs. used in physiology; sometimes spec. of the bulb of the urethra, as in bulbo-cavernous, bulbo-membranous, bulbo-rectal, pertaining to the bulb of the urethra and to the ‘cavernous bodies’, the membrane, the rectum; sometimes as in bulbo-medullary, bulbo-urethral, etc., pertaining to the bulb of the spinal marrow, of the urethra, etc.; also bulbo-tuber= corm.1836–9Todd Cycl.Anat. & Phys. II. 836/1 The perineal artery..gives..a branch to the *bulbo-cavernous.1881Nature XXV. 72 The grey substance of the *bulbo-medullary nerve-centres.1836Todd Cycl.Anat. & Phys. I. 179/2 The *bulbo-rectal hollow, will now become distinct.1836Penny Cycl. V. 252/1 *Bulbotuber, a short, roundish, underground stem resembling a bulb.1880Gray Bot.Text-bk. 400 Bulbo-tuber: Synonym of Corm.1839–48Todd Cycl.Anat. & Phys. III. 928/2 This nerve (the *bulbo-urethral of Cruveilhier).
bulbo-/ˈbʌlbəʊ/combining form of Latin bulbusbulbnoun, used chiefly in Anatomy: see -o-.
bulbo- combining form see bulb-
词根词缀:bulbo-
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: onion, bulbous root, bulb; ball-shaped part of the stem of certain plants; such as, onions, tulips etc, from which their roots grow