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1. inguino-, comb. form View full entry 1855
...used as combining form of Latin inguen, inguin- (see inguinal): as in inguino-abˈdominalinguino-ˈcruralinguino-cuˈtaneousinguino-ˈscrotal...
2. inˈverso-, comb. form View full entry 1855
...mod. comb. form of Latin inversusinverse, used in sense ‘inversely—’....
3. irido-, comb. form View full entry 1855
... Greek *ἰριδο-, comb. form of ἶριςiris, employed in the formation of many pathological and surgical terms, chiefly denoting diseases of the iris and operations upon it;...
4. kinesi-, comb. form View full entry 1855
...before a vowel also kines-, combining form of Greek κίνησις motion, used in certain scientific and medical terms....
5. klino-, comb. form View full entry 1855
...Variant of clino-....
6. lacto-, comb. form View full entry 1855
...Used as combining form of Latin lact-, lac milk....
7. leio-, comb. form View full entry 1855
...Appearing as the first element of certain scientific words, as:...
8. † mercurico-, comb. form View full entry 1857
...Forming adjectives designating double salts containing mercury....
9. † molybdo-, comb. form2 View full entry 1857
...Forming compounds with the sense ‘involving or relating to lead’, spec. forming the names of certain diseases caused by lead....
10. † nigri-, comb. form View full entry 1857
...Forming adjectives indicating possession of some feature which is blackish in colour....
11. nudi-, comb. form View full entry 1857
...Forming chiefly adjectives with the sense ‘nude’. ...
12. † obtusi-, comb. form View full entry 1857
...Obtusely (primarily recorded in Mayne)....
13. osmo-, comb. form1 View full entry 1857
...Of or relating to odours or the sense of smell....
14. † pallidi-, comb. form View full entry 1857
...Forming a small number of adjectives modelled on scientific Latin epithets, with the sense ‘having (a) pale ——’....
15. parvi-, comb. form View full entry 1857
...Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘small’....
16. pinni-, comb. form View full entry 1858
...Chiefly Zool. Of or relating to a fin or fins....
17. pygo-, comb. form View full entry 1858
...Of or relating to the posterior or rump of an animal....
18. pyloro-, comb. form View full entry 1858
...Forming terms with the sense ‘of the pylorus’....
19. pyreto-, comb. form View full entry 1858
...Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to fever’. Cf. pyro-....
20. reni-, comb. form View full entry 1859
...Forming terms with the senses ‘of, relating to a kidney, resembling a kidney’ or ‘renal and ——’. Cf. reno-....