(comb form)
31chrono- — comb. form time. Etymology: Gk khronos time * * * in pronunciations below, | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ . |kränə or |krōnə or nō see chron * * * a combining form meaning time, used in the formation of compound words: chronometer. Also, esp. before a vowel, chron .… …
32hemo- — comb. form US var. of HAEMO . * * * see hem * * * a combining form meaning blood, used in the formation of compound words: hemocyte. Also, hema , hemato ; esp. before a vowel, hem ; esp. Brit., haemo . [ < NL, comb. form repr. Gk haîma blood]… …
33-phyte — comb. form forming nouns denoting a vegetable or plantlike organism (saprophyte; zoophyte). Derivatives: phytic comb. form forming adjectives. Etymology: Gk phuton plant f. phuo come into being * * * ˌfīt, usu īd.+V noun combining form ( s)… …
34tacho- — comb. form speed. Etymology: Gk takhos speed * * * combining form Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek tachos speed; akin to Greek tachys swift more at tachy : speed …
35-tome — comb. form forming nouns meaning: 1 an instrument for cutting (microtome). 2 a section or segment. Etymology: Gk tome a cutting, tomos cutting, f. temno cut * * * ˌtōm noun combining form ( s) Etymology: New Latin tomus, from tomus cutting, cut,… …
36-cele — comb. form (also coele) Med. swelling, hernia (gastrocele). Etymology: Gk kele tumour * * * I. ˌsēl noun combining form ( s) Etymology: Middle French, from Latin, from Greek kēlē …
37-algia — comb. form Med. denoting pain in a part specified by the first element (neuralgia). Derivatives: algic comb. form forming adjectives. Etymology: Gk f. algos pain * * * var. of algo as final element of a compound word: neuralgia. Also, algy. [… …
38eroto- — comb. form erotic, eroticism. Etymology: Gk eros erotos sexual love * * * combining form Etymology: New Latin, from Greek erōto , from erōt , erōs sexual love more at eros : sexual desire erotomania …
39-metric — comb. form (also metrical) forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in meter and metry (thermometric; geometric). Derivatives: metrically comb. form forming adverbs. Etymology: from or after F meacutetrique f. L (as METRICAL) * * * a combining… …
40-stasis — comb. form (pl. stases) Physiol. forming nouns denoting a slowing or stopping (haemostasis). Derivatives: static comb. form forming adjectives. * * * ˈstā]sə̇s, ˈsta], stə] noun combining form (plural stases ]ˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from… …
