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1. alumino-, comb. form View full entry 1668
...Forming adjectives relating to alum, as alumino-chalybeate, alumino-nitrous. Now rare....
2. 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)....
3. bucco-, comb. form View full entry 1892
...used as comb. form (for the correct bucci-) of Latin bucca cheek, with the meaning ‘relating to the cheek (or mouth)’, as buccocervical, buccofacial,...
4. dendro-, comb. form View full entry 1697
...before a vowel dendr-, combining form of Greek δένδρον tree....
5. echino-, comb. form View full entry 1708
...combining form of Greek ἐχῖνος, used (either in its original sense of ‘hedgehog’, denoting something prickly, or in that of ‘sea-urchin’, echinus) to form compounds in scientific use....
6. facio-, comb. form View full entry 1869
...Forming adjectives with the senses ‘of or relating to the face’ or ‘facial and —’....
7. hyeto-, comb. form View full entry 1730
...comb. form of Greek ὑετός rain....
8. metallo-, comb. form View full entry 1665
...Forming nouns denoting and adjectives designating objects, compounds, processes, etc., relating to, involving, or containing metal....
9. moto-, comb. form View full entry 1834
...Forming scientific terms with the senses ‘motor and —’, ‘relating to or resulting from motion’. Obs....
10. nodi-, comb. form View full entry 1714
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to a node or nodes; nodal’....
11. Normanno-, comb. form View full entry 1700
...Forming adjectives and nouns denoting a language, form, etc., influenced by Norman French, as Normanno-Gallican, Normanno-Saxonic adjs. Also more widely: relating to the Normans and ——....
12. optico-, comb. form View full entry 1852
...Forming adjectives with the senses ‘optical’, ‘optical and ——, optic and ——’....
13. osteo-, comb. form View full entry 1794
...an aneurysm within a bone....
14. ovario-, comb. form View full entry 1820
...Of, relating to, or involving an ovary or the ovaries....
15. oxy-, comb. form2 View full entry 1826
...Containing oxygen; containing additional oxygen; oxidized. Forming names of compounds or classes of compound. ...
16. pallado-, comb. form View full entry 1898
...Forming names of complexes and compound salts of bivalent palladium, as palladobromide, pallado-chloride, pallado-nitrate, etc....
17. pallido-, comb. form View full entry 1929
...Involving or connecting the pallidum (globus pallidus) and some other part of the brain....
18. parieto-, comb. form View full entry 1853
...Anat. and Zool. Forming chiefly adjectives expressing a connection or relationship between the parietal bone or the parietal lobe and another part....
19. † penniformi-, comb. form View full entry 1793
...In a penniform manner; so as to resemble a feather....
20. penta-, comb. form View full entry 1687
...Having five, fivefold....