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Apo-
prefix
Definitions
Prefix
- 1 Lacking, without, scant. morpheme
"aponeurosis"
- 2 Lacking, without, scant.; An apoenzyme: an enzyme without its cofactor; associated apoproteins. morpheme
"aporeceptor"
- 3 Lacking, without, scant.; Lacking a metallic unit. morpheme
"apoglobin"
- 4 Lacking, without, scant.; Not, opposite. morpheme
"apotracheal"
- 5 Away from, outward, or apart in direction. morpheme
"apocentromeric"
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- 6 Away from, outward, or apart in direction.; Removal, amputation. morpheme
"apotemnophobia"
- 7 Away from, outward, or apart in direction.; Disjoint, separate. morpheme
"apocarpous"
- 8 Away from, outward, or apart in direction.; Different, distinct. morpheme
"apomedication"
- 9 Away from, outward, or apart in direction.; Exterior, outside of. morpheme
"aposematism"
- 10 From, coming from. morpheme
"apology"
- 11 From, coming from.; Derived from, or related to. morpheme
"apoharmine"
- 12 Distant, far from, or apart in position. morpheme
"apophyte"
- 13 Distant, far from, or apart in position.; Furthest in position morpheme
"apocentric"
- 14 Distant, far from, or apart in position.; Apoapsis: the point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum. morpheme
"apoposeidion"
- 15 To carry forth, to do. morpheme
"approportionate"
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek prefix ἀπό- (apó-), from the preposition ἀπό (apó, “from, away from”), from the Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, away”), whence the English words off and of, and ab- (via Latin). Doublet of ab- and off-.
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