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111-ase — aff. a suffix used in the names of enzymes: oxidase[/ex] • Etymology: extracted from diastase …
112-asis — aff. var. of iasis following stems ending in i : giardiasis. • Etymology: < L < Gk iā verb s. + sis sis …
113-ast — aff. var. of ist after i : symposiast[/ex] • Etymology: < Gk astēs …
114-ata — aff. a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, forming nouns used esp. in names of zoological groups: Vertebrata[/ex] • Etymology: < L, neut. pl. of ātus ate I …
115-ation — aff. a suffix used to form nouns corresponding to verbs or adjectives ending in ate I (separation); on this model, sometimes used to form nouns from other stems (flirtation; starvation) • Etymology: < L ātiōn , s. of ātiō= ā s. vowel + tiō… …
116-ative — aff. a suffix used to form adjectives from verbs ending in ate I (regulative); on this model, used to form adjectives from other stems (normative) • Etymology: < L ātīvus= āt(us) ate I+ īvus ive …
117-biont — aff. a combining form meaning “an organism” or “a part of an organism” that takes the form or lives in the environment specified by the initial element: phycobiont[/ex] • Etymology: < Gk biont , s. of biṓn, prp. of bioûn to live …
118-blast — aff. var. of blasto as a final element: ectoblast[/ex] …
119-ble — aff. var. of able (soluble); occurring first in words of Latin origin that came into English through French, later in words taken directly from Latin. • Etymology: ME < OF < L bilem, acc. of bilis …
120-cade — aff. a combining form with the meaning “procession, parade”: motorcade[/ex] • Etymology: extracted from cavalcade …
