-pathy

短语

[医]〔后缀〕意为患病状态或疾病; 无感情

发音

/-pəθi/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    suffering, feeling, emotion

    sympathy, antipathy, empathy

  2. 2.

    damage to, disease of, disorder of, or abnormality

    neuropathy, psychopathy, sociopathy

  3. 3.

    therapy, treatment, method, cure, curative treatment

    hydropathy, homeopathy, naturopathy

词源

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy From Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos, “suffering”) + English -y.

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