单词 | -philia |
释义 | -philiaa combining form used in the formation of compound words that have the general sense “love or liking” (ailurophilia,Anglophilia), “unnatural attraction” (coprophilia,necrophilia), “tendency” (biophilia,hemophilia,) in histology, “cell staining with a specific dye” (chromophilia,eosinophilia); also forming abstract nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -philic or -philous or nouns ending in -phile (zoophilia,spasmophilia). Origin of -philiaFrom Greek philía “friendship, affinity”; see -phile, -ia;see also -phily Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -philia-philia n combining formindicating a tendency towardshaemophilia indicating an abnormal liking fornecrophilia Derived forms of -philia-philiac, n combining formWord Origin for -philiafrom Greek philos loving Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for -philia-philia suff.Tendency toward:hemophilia. Abnormal attraction to:necrophilia. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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