English Explanatory Dictionary

arthro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. articulation = joint (as for example in arthroplasty).
  2. articulation = speech (as for example in dysarthrophonia).

Word forms

arthro- arthr-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρθρον (ắrthron)der. New Latinder. English arthro- From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -o-.

Translations

Catalan: artro- Galician: artr- Galician: artro- Irish: artra- Italian: artro- Polish: artro- Portuguese: artro- Spanish: artro-
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