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1. actino-, comb. form View full entry 1861
...Forming terms relating to rays or radial symmetry in living organisms....
2. acuti-, comb. form View full entry ?a1560
...Forming adjectives denoting things having acute angles....
3. acuto-, comb. form View full entry 1775
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘acute and ——’, as acuto-chronic, acuto-grave....
4. 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....
5. adreno-, comb. form View full entry 1909
...Forming terms relating to the adrenal gland or adrenaline (epinephrine)....
6. aeolo-, comb. form View full entry 1830
...Forming the names of (obsolete) musical instruments in which reeds are made to vibrate by air, as aeolodicon, aeolodion, aeolomelodicon, aeolophon, etc....
7. aero-, comb. form View full entry 1865
...With reference to air or the air....
8. † again-, comb. form View full entry OE
...Against, in opposition to. Also: opposite (rare)....
9. agglutino-, comb. form View full entry 1900
...Forming terms relating to agglutination (agglutination7)....
10. † aggregato-, comb. form View full entry 1846
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘aggregately, in an aggregate manner’, as aggregato-gemmate, aggregato-glomerate....
11. agro-, comb. form View full entry 1893
...Forming esp. temporary and nonce-words with the sense ‘of or relating to agriculture’....
12. albumino-, comb. form View full entry 1803
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘albuminous (or proteinaceous) and ——’. Now rare....
13. 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....
14. -alicious, comb. form View full entry 1878
...Forming adjectives (sometimes nonce-wds.) with the sense ‘embodying the qualities denoted or implied by the first element to a delightful or attractive degree’....
15. alterni-, comb. form View full entry 1851
...= alternate5, alternately3....
16. aluminio-, comb. form View full entry 1868
...= alumino-2a....
17. alumino-, comb. form View full entry 1668
...Forming adjectives relating to alum, as alumino-chalybeate, alumino-nitrous. Now rare....
18. Americo-, comb. form View full entry 1787
...Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to America’ or ‘both American and —’....
19. arsen-, comb. form View full entry 1796
...in Comb.: esp. in names of combinations of arsenic with organic radicals, as in Arsen-dimethyl (= cacodyl, As2 (CH3)4)....
20. arthro-, comb. form View full entry 1837
...Forming terms relating to joints....
