-pagus

Word Origin

a combining form used in the names of severely malformed, usually nonviable, conjoined twins, with the site of attachment specified by the initial element:

thoracopagus.

Origin

< New Latin < Greek págos fixation, something fixed or solid

-pagus, suffixf. Gr. πάγος that which is fixed (f. πηγνύναι to fasten), used to form the names of different kinds of Siamese twins according to their site of attachment; as thoracopagus s.v. thoraco-.

-pa·gus
\pəgəs\ noun combining form
(plural -pagi)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pagos something fixed, rock, frost — more at pagoscope
: monster with a (specified) type of fixation
< craniopagus >

词根词缀：-pagus

【来源及含义】Greek: something fixed or fastened together; a suffix that denotes conjoined twins, the first element of a word denotes the parts fused

【同源单词】craniopagus, omphalopagus, pygopagus, thoracogastropagus, thoracopagus

词汇	-pagus
词根词缀	Dictionary.com OED Webster YoudictWordRoots -pagus Word Origin 1 a combining form used in the names of severely malformed, usually nonviable, conjoined twins, with the site of attachment specified by the initial element: thoracopagus. Origin < New Latin < Greek págos fixation, something fixed or solid -pagus, suffixf. Gr. πάγος that which is fixed (f. πηγνύναι to fasten), used to form the names of different kinds of Siamese twins according to their site of attachment; as thoracopagus s.v. thoraco-. -pa·gus \pəgəs\ noun combining form (plural -pagi) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pagos something fixed, rock, frost — more at pagoscope : monster with a (specified) type of fixation < craniopagus > 词根词缀：-pagus 【来源及含义】Greek: something fixed or fastened together; a suffix that denotes conjoined twins, the first element of a word denotes the parts fused 【同源单词】craniopagus, omphalopagus, pygopagus, thoracogastropagus, thoracopagus
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