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1. acuto-, comb. form View full entry 1775
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘acute and ——’, as acuto-chronic, acuto-grave....
2. Americo-, comb. form View full entry 1787
...Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to America’ or ‘both American and —’....
3. analytico-, comb. form View full entry 1750
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘relating to analytic ——’ or to ‘relating to —— analysis’. Chiefly in analytico-chemical....
4. anatomico-, comb. form View full entry 1790
...comb. form of anatomic or anatomical, as in anatomico-physiological...
5. aqueo-, comb. form View full entry 1728
...comb. aqueous...
6. 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)....
7. arsenic-, comb. form View full entry 1794
...Davy's systematic name for arsenious chloride....
8. brachisto-, comb. form View full entry a1774
...comb. form of Greek βράχιστος, superl. of βραχύς short. Cf. brachycephalic...
9. brepho-, comb. form View full entry 1731
...combining form of Greek βρέϕος babe; only in nonce-wds., as breˈpholatrybrɛˈfɒlətrɪbreˈphophagistbreˈphotrophy-trophy...
10. -busting, comb. form View full entry 1761
...Forming adjectives designating something which bursts or breaks something denoted by the first element (literally or figuratively), as belly-busting, brain-busting, heart-busting, tooth-busting, etc. Also...
11. calcareo-, comb. form View full entry 1799
...Combining form of calcareous, used...
12. cellulo-, comb. form View full entry 1771
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘cellular and —’, as cellulo-adipose, cellulo-cutaneous, cellulo-fibrous, cellulo-humoral, cellulo-muscular, cellulo-serous, cellulo-vascular, etc....
13. chemo-, comb. form View full entry 1727
...Forming words with the sense ‘of or relating to chemical substances, properties, or phenomena’....
14. cirro-, comb. form View full entry 1753
...Bot. and Zool....
15. classico-, comb. form View full entry 1798
...Forming adjectives, usu. with hyphen, with the sense ‘classical and ——’ as in classico-orthodoxical, classico-romantic. Also (occas.) forming nouns with the sense ‘classical’, as classico-exotica....
16. climatico-, comb. form View full entry 1715
...Prefixed to an adverb to indicate the influence of a particular climate. Obs....
17. coraco-, comb. form View full entry 1782
...corresp. to Greek κορακο- combining form of κόραξ raven, crow, now used in Anat. as comb. form of coracoid, in sense ‘relating to the...
18. Cornu-, comb. form View full entry 1754
...used as combining form of Cornubian Cornish, as in Cornu-ˈBritishCornu-ˈBreton...
19. crypto-, comb. form View full entry 1798
...Forming chiefly scientific nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘concealed, not visible, not apparent’. See also cryptobiosis, cryptobranchiate, cryptocrystalline, cryptophyte, etc....
20. cubo-, comb. form View full entry 1706
...before a vowel sometimes cub-kjuːb, combining form from Greek κύβος die, cube: as in cubo-cubeGreekκυβόκυβοςObs. Also in Solid Geom....
