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Definitions

Prefix

1. 1
   metropolitan: of or relating to the city. morpheme

   "metro-link, metro-bus, metro-rail"

2. 2
   Uterus; uterine. morpheme
3. 3
   poetry; meter morpheme
4. 4
   relating to measurements morpheme

Synonyms

All synonyms

hysteroutero

Example

More examples

"metro-link, metro-bus, metro-rail"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of metropolitan.

Etymology 2

From metra, medical English, via New Latin, via Ancient Greek μήτρα (mḗtra), "uterus".

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