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1. abdomino-, comb. form View full entry 1823
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘abdominal and ——’, as abdomino-anterior, abdomino-perineal, etc....
2. acantho-, comb. form View full entry
...Forming terms relating to (the possession of) spines, thorns, or spine-like projections, as acanthocephalan, acanthocyte...
3. aceto-, comb. form View full entry 1821
...Forming the names of compounds, groups, etc., containing an acetyl group (—COCH3), or derived from acetic acid, as aceto-chloride, acetosodacetate, etc. ...
4. achroo-, comb. form View full entry 1878
...Forming the names of a small number of chemical compounds which are colourless analogues of another compound, as achroodextrin, achrooglycogen (now disused)....
5. acro-, comb. form View full entry 1831
...Forming terms relating to height, or to the highest or foremost part of something, as acrocephalic, acrogen, acrolect, acrophobia...
6. actino-, comb. form View full entry 1861
...Forming terms relating to rays or radial symmetry in living organisms....
7. acuti-, comb. form View full entry ?a1560
...Forming adjectives denoting things having acute angles....
8. adelo-, comb. form View full entry 1864
...Forming adjectives designating cells, parts of organisms, etc., that are inconspicuous with regard to general appearance or some special feature....
9. -adelphia, comb. form View full entry 1858
...(Not productive in English.) Occurring in the names of Linnaean classes of plants which have the stamens united by their filaments into a number of bundles specified by the first element, as...
10. adeno-, comb. form View full entry 1871
...Forming terms relating to glands, or to lymph nodes and lymphoid tissue....
11. adipo-, comb. form View full entry
...Forming nouns and adjectives relating to fat or fatty tissue, as adipocellulose, adipocyte, adipokinetic...
12. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
13. -aesthesia | -esthesia, comb. form View full entry
...Forming nouns denoting conditions relating to sensory function, as anaesthesia, dysaesthesia, pseudaesthesiapseudo-2, etc....
14. Afro-, comb. form View full entry 1864
...Forming compounds with the sense ‘of or relating to African and another region’....
15. † aggregato-, comb. form View full entry 1846
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘aggregately, in an aggregate manner’, as aggregato-gemmate, aggregato-glomerate....
16. -agogue, comb. form View full entry
...Forming nouns denoting drugs or other agents having the property of increasing the flow or secretion of the substance specified by the first element, and adjectives designating such agents, as emmenagogue...
17. agro-, comb. form View full entry 1893
...Forming esp. temporary and nonce-words with the sense ‘of or relating to agriculture’....
18. aldo-, comb. form View full entry 1883
...Forming nouns denoting substances which contain aldehyde groups (esp. aldoses) or are otherwise related to aldehydes....
19. -algia, comb. form View full entry
...Forming nouns denoting types of pain, typically in the location or of the nature specified by the first element, as causalgia, myalgia, neuralgia, etc....
20. ali-, comb. form View full entry 1866
...Forming nouns and related adjectives relating to the ‘wings’ or lateral expansions of certain parts, esp. in the nostrils....
