The West Indies, more commonly referred to as the Caribbean, consists of three major island groups: the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles include some of the most well-known individual islands, including Cuba and Puerto Rico.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English Â© 2017. -chron-, root. -chron- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning time.'' This meaning is found in such words as: anachronism, chronic, chronicle, chronology, synchronize.
Word Roots. A word root is the foundation of a medical term and contains its primary meaning. All medical terms have at least one word root. Most word roots are derived from Greek or Latin language. Thus, two different roots may have the same meaning. For example, the Greek word dermatos and the Latin word cutane both refer to the skin.