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  • 71Oligo... — o|li|go…, O|li|go… 〈vor Vokalen〉, olig…, Olig… 〈in Zus.〉 wenig, klein, gering [Etym.: <grch. oligos] …

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  • 72oligo..., Oligo... — oligo..., Oligo..., vor Selbstlauten: olig..., Olig... [aus gr. ὀλιγος = wenig, gering]: Bestimmungswort von Zusammensetzungen mit der Bedeutung „wenig, gering, arm an...“; z. B. : Oligämie, Oligophrenie …

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  • 73oligo... — oli|go..., Oli|go..., vor Vokalen meist olig..., Olig... <aus gleichbed. gr. olígos> Wortbildungselement mit der Bedeutung »wenig, gering, arm an ...«, z. B. oligomer, Oligotrophie, Oligurie …

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  • 74oligospermia — noun insufficient spermatozoa in the semen • Hypernyms: ↑physical condition, ↑physiological state, ↑physiological condition * * * ˌälə̇gōˈspərmēə, əˌligəˈ noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin …

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  • 75oligarch — noun Etymology: Greek oligarchēs, from olig + archēs arch Date: circa 1610 a member or supporter of an oligarchy …

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  • 76oligochaete — noun Etymology: New Latin Oligochaeta, ultimately from Greek olig + chaitē long hair Date: 1896 any of a class or order (Oligochaeta) of hermaphroditic terrestrial or aquatic annelids (as an earthworm) that lack a specialized head • oligochaete… …

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  • 77oligodendrocyte — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from olig + dendr + cyte Date: 1932 a glial cell resembling an astrocyte but smaller with few and slender processes having few branches …

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  • 78oligopoly — noun Etymology: olig + poly (as in monopoly) Date: 1895 a market situation in which each of a few producers affects but does not control the market • oligopolist noun • oligopolistic adjective …

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  • 79oligopsony — noun Etymology: olig + Greek opsōnia purchase of victuals, from opsōnein to purchase victuals, from opson food + ōneisthai to buy more at venal Date: 1942 a market situation in which each of a few buyers exerts a disproportionate influence on the …

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  • 80oligo- — combining form see olig …

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