-angiumcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -angium.

Etymology: < scientific Latin -angium (in sporangium sporangium n.) < ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον vessel, container, also cavity of the body (see angio- comb. form); compare -y suffix⁴.Found in a small number of English formations from the mid 19th cent.

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1. Botany and Zoology. Forming nouns denoting receptacles of a type, or having contents (typically spores) of a type, specified by the first element, as gonangium n., mycangium n., synangium n. (see synangium n. 2).

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2. Zoology and Anatomy. Forming nouns denoting structures forming part of the vascular system of animals, as pylangium n., synangium n. (see synangium n. 1).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).

单词	-angium
释义	-angiumcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -angium. Etymology: < scientific Latin -angium (in sporangium sporangium n.) < ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον vessel, container, also cavity of the body (see angio- comb. form); compare -y suffix⁴.Found in a small number of English formations from the mid 19th cent. Categories » 1. Botany and Zoology. Forming nouns denoting receptacles of a type, or having contents (typically spores) of a type, specified by the first element, as gonangium n., mycangium n., synangium n. (see synangium n. 2). Categories » 2. Zoology and Anatomy. Forming nouns denoting structures forming part of the vascular system of animals, as pylangium n., synangium n. (see synangium n. 1). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019). < comb. form
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