-metriumcomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. parametrium n.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Greek μήτρα, Latin -ium.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μήτρα womb (see metro- comb. form³) + classical Latin -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare ancient Greek or Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕιμήτριος around the womb (first in a lemma in (Pseudo-)Galen Hippocratic Wds.).Combined with first elements of ultimately Greek origin. The first word in -metrium attested in English is mesometrium n.; others are endometrium n. at endo- prefix and comb. form , myometrium n., parametrium n.

Anatomy.

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Forming nouns denoting the layers of tissue of which the uterus is made up, or that adjoin or support it.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	-metrium
释义	-metriumcomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. parametrium n. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Greek μήτρα, Latin -ium. Etymology: < ancient Greek μήτρα womb (see metro- comb. form³) + classical Latin -ium (see -y suffix⁴). Compare ancient Greek or Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕιμήτριος around the womb (first in a lemma in (Pseudo-)Galen Hippocratic Wds.).Combined with first elements of ultimately Greek origin. The first word in -metrium attested in English is mesometrium n.; others are endometrium n. at endo- prefix and comb. form , myometrium n., parametrium n. Anatomy. Categories » Forming nouns denoting the layers of tissue of which the uterus is made up, or that adjoin or support it. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < comb. form
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