Apo-

prefix

Definitions

Prefix
  1. 1
    Lacking, without, scant. morpheme

    "aponeurosis"

  2. 2
    Lacking, without, scant.; An apoenzyme: an enzyme without its cofactor; associated apoproteins. morpheme

    "aporeceptor"

  3. 3
    Lacking, without, scant.; Lacking a metallic unit. morpheme

    "apoglobin"

  4. 4
    Lacking, without, scant.; Not, opposite. morpheme

    "apotracheal"

  5. 5
    Away from, outward, or apart in direction. morpheme

    "apocentromeric"

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  1. 6
    Away from, outward, or apart in direction.; Removal, amputation. morpheme

    "apotemnophobia"

  2. 7
    Away from, outward, or apart in direction.; Disjoint, separate. morpheme

    "apocarpous"

  3. 8
    Away from, outward, or apart in direction.; Different, distinct. morpheme

    "apomedication"

  4. 9
    Away from, outward, or apart in direction.; Exterior, outside of. morpheme

    "aposematism"

  5. 10
    From, coming from. morpheme

    "apology"

  6. 11
    From, coming from.; Derived from, or related to. morpheme

    "apoharmine"

  7. 12
    Distant, far from, or apart in position. morpheme

    "apophyte"

  8. 13
    Distant, far from, or apart in position.; Furthest in position morpheme

    "apocentric"

  9. 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"

  10. 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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