combining form
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
combining form
▶noun Grammar a form of a word normally used in compounds in combination with another element to form a word (e.g. bio- ‘life’ in biology).
'combining form' also found in these Oxford entries:
acantho-
- acet-
- aceto-
- adeno-
- -aemia
- aero-
- Afro-
- agro-
- -algia
- allo-
- alt.
- amphi-
- andro-
- -androus
- angio-
- Anglo-
- antero-
- antho-
- anthropo-
- aqua-
- arch-
- -arch
- archaeo-
- -archy
- arterio-
- arthro-
- -ass
- astro-
- atto-
- audio-
- Austro-
- Austro-
- auto-
- auto-
- avant-
- bacterio-
- baro-
- bathy-
- bi-
- biblio-
- bio-
- bis-
- -blast
- blasto-
- boro-
- brachy-
- bromo-
- broncho-
- calc-
- calci-
