arthro- 或 arthr-
pref.（前缀）
语源
pref.（前缀）
- Joint:
关节：
arthropathy.
关节病
语源
- Greek
希腊语 - from arthron [joint] * see ar-
源自 arthron [关节] *参见 ar-
arthro- or (before a vowel) arthr-
combining form
indicating a joint
⇒
arthritis
⇒
arthropod
Origin
from Greek arthronarthro-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “joint,” “jointed,” used in the formation of compound words:
arthropod.
Also, especially before a vowel, arthr-.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of árthron a joint; akin to Latin artus (see article)
Related Words
- arthrodire
- amphiarthrosis
- arthritis
- arthrodesis
- arthrogram
- arthrography
arthro-Anatomy
a word element meaning 'joint', as in arthropod.
Also, arthr-. [Greek, combining form of arthron]
arthro-
combining form
⇨ see arthr-
combining form
⇨ see arthr-
arthro-
combining form
- of a joint; relating to joints表示“关节的”, “与关节有关的” ：
-
arthroscope.
词源
from Greek arthron 'joint'.
1901 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. CXXII. 597Arthrodesis. This operation is performed with the aim of establishing a firm right angular ankylosis at the ankle-joint, thus allowing the patient to dispense with apparatus.
1903 Tubby & Jones Surgery of Paralyses i. iii. 89Complete paralysis of the muscles around the ankle-joint calls invariably for arthrodesis.
1952 M. E. Florey Clin. Appl. Antibiotics I. vii. 212An operation for arthrodesis of the knee.
1849 Smart, Arthrodynic.
1857 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. 96/2Arthrography, a description of the joints.
1937 Lancet 8 May 1119/1 Arthrography also explains the unsatisfactory clinical results sometimes obtained in cases where the radiographic report on the reduction has been encouraging. [ of a dislocation]
1949 G. Claessen DiagnosticRadiol. ii. 71The semilunar cartilages of the knee joint do not show on the straight X-ray film except when calcified, but can be demonstrated after the injection of a contrast solution into the joint. This is known as arthrography.
1918 Lancet 9 Nov. 632/2 The illustration depicts a new device for measuring the angles of movements of joints... This ‘arthrometer’ is simple in construction and easily adjusted to the limbs.
1918 W. W. Falconer ( title)Arthrometry or the Measurement of the Movements of Joints.
Ibid. 27In connection with joint-movement mensuration I have..prepared a complete series of ‘Arthrometrical Charts’.
1878 A. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 279During life the evidences of such arthropathies are sometimes numerous.
1913 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 7),Arthroplastic.
1918 Reveille Aug. 67 There were very few stiff joints in which arthroplastic operations were urgently needed.
1890 Billings Med. Dict. ,Arthroplasty.
1962 Lancet 19 May 1036/1 In the Ullevål series, 16 patients had a primary arthroplasty with Thompson's prosthesis.
1634 T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. vi. xlii. (1678) 165All the bones are composed after two sorts..by Arthrosis, an Articulation or joynt, and by Symphysis.
1874 Roosa Dis. Ear 202The joint between the processus lenticularis of the incus and the head of the stapes is an arthrosis.
1888 F. P. Foster Med. Dict. I. 438/1Arthrotomy.
1907 Practitioner Apr. 575 Robin..reiterated his condemnation of arthrotomy, except in the case of suppuration supervening in the articulation.
1961 Lancet 30 Sept. 745/1 In the infected hips..early arthrotomy should be undertaken.
1877 Huxley Inv. An. xii. 680The lowest known term of the Arthrozoic Series is a Nematoid worm.
arthro-
word-forming element meaning "pertaining to the joints," from Greek arthro- (before vowels arth-), comb. form of arthron "joint," from PIE *ar-dhro-, from *ar- "to fit together;" see arm, n.1.
arthro-
\in pronunciations below, | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷.|är(ˌ)thrō or |ȧ(ˌ)th- or -_thrə\
— see arthr-
— see arthr-
arthro-arthr-
Prefix
- biology Referring to a joint or meaning articulation.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with arthro-