-stome
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Mouth; stoma:
后缀，表示“嘴”，“气孔”：
peristome.
围口部
语源
- From Greek stoma [mouth]
源自 希腊语 stoma [嘴]
-stome
combining form in countable noun
indicating a mouth or opening resembling a mouth
⇒
peristome
Origin
from Greek stoma mouth, and stomion little mouth-stome
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “organism having a mouth or mouthlike organ” (cyclostome), “mouthlike organ” (cytostome), as specified by the initial element.
Compare -stomous, -stomy.
Origin
combining form representing Greek stóma mouth, and stómion little mouth
Related Words
- -stomous
- -stomy
- ambystomid
- carpostome
- cyclostome
- cytostome
-stomea word element referring to the mouth, as in cyclostome.
[combining form representing (1) Greek stoma mouth, (2) Greek stomion little mouth]-stome
combining form. mouth; mouthlike part; opening: Pneumostome = an opening for the passage of air.
[< Greek stóma mouth]
-stome
\ˌstōm\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin -stoma
: mouth : opening resembling or functioning as a mouth
< cytostome >
< cytostome >