myco- 或 myc-
pref.（前缀）
语源
pref.（前缀）
- Fungus:
真菌：
mycology.
真菌学
语源
- From Greek mukēs [fungus]
源自 希腊语 mukēs [真菌]
myco- or (before a vowel) myc-
combining form
indicating fungus
⇒
mycology
Origin
from Greek mukēs fungusmyco-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “mushroom, fungus,” used in the formation of compound words:
mycology.
Also, especially before a vowel, myc-.
Origin
combining form representing Greek mýkēs mushroom, fungus
Related Words
- mycocecidium
- actinomyces
- Eumycota
- myc-
- mycobacterium
- mycobiont
myco-variant of myc-, before consonants, as in mycology.
myco-
combining form
⇨ see myc-
combining form
⇨ see myc-
myco-
combining form
- relating to fungi表示“真菌”：
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mycoprotein.
词源
formed irregularly from Greek mukēs 'fungus, mushroom'.
1891 Syd. Soc. Lex. ,*Mycodextrin.
1872 Watts Dict. Chem. Suppl. ,*Myco-inulin. C12H22O11H2O.
1962 A. Huxley Island ix. 141Neurotheology, metachemistry, *mycomysticism.
Ibid. 156The local panel of medical and *mycomystical experts.
1885 Klein Micro-Org. 34A kind of protoplasm, the *mycoprotein of Nencki.
1876 Wagner's Gen. Path. 90Cells..united by transverse division into short moniliform filaments of two or more members (*mycothrix, torula-forms).
1948 M. V. Gorlenko in Amer. Rev. SovietMed. V. 164The moulds..are ubiquitous and not particular as to the substrate upon which they grow. This circumstance, as well as the toxicity, suggests that equine stachybotriotoxicosis is not induced by Stachybotrys alternans alone, but may be caused also by other moulds. The disease may be appropriately called *mycotoxicosis.
1957 Rev. Med. &Vet. Mycol. II. 502Mycotoxicoses..are stated to be causing great losses among farm animals in the U.S. S.R.
1968 Prog. Industr. Microbiol. VII. 156Alimentary toxic aleukia..appears to be the only mycotoxicosis other than ergotism to have directly affected major segments of human populations.
1962 Adv. Vet. Sci. VII. 335If *mycotoxins are indeed present in such grain, sufficient levels of toxin may be added to the mixed feed to be harmful to animals fed thereon.
1974 Daily Tel. 26 Mar. 16The mycotoxins enter the food chain and accumulate in man through his use of milk, eggs, poultry or meat.
myco-
before vowels myc-, word-forming element meaning "mushroom, fungus," formed irregularly from Greek mykes "fungus, mushroom, anything shaped like a mushroom," from PIE root *meug- "slimy, slippery" (see mucus). The correct form is myceto- (mycet-).
ORIGIN: Irreg. from Greek mukēs fungus + -o- myceto-
myco-
— see myc-
— see myc-
myco-
Prefix
- biology fungus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with myco-
See also
词根词缀：myco-
【来源及含义】Greek: mucus; a protective secretion from the mucous membranes in the nose, throat, and lungs; a thick fluid produced by the linings of some tissues of the body and is secreted as a protective lubricant coating by cells and glands of the mucous membranes
【相关描述】Don't confuse this myco- meaning "mucus" with another myco- meaning "fungus, fungi".
【同源单词】actinomyces, actinomycetes, actinomycosis, basidiomycetous, blastomycosis, chromoblastomycosis