Syringo-

prefix

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Definitions

Prefix
  1. 1
    syrinx: Of or pertaining to a tube or tuboid structure, such as a fistula. morpheme

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, tube, channel, fistula”). More at syrinx § Etymology.

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