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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
organo- /ˈɔːg(ə)nəʊ, ɔːˈganəʊ/

▶combining form

1 chiefly Biology relating to bodily organs: organogenesis.

2 Chemistry (forming names of classes of organic compounds containing a particular element or group) organic: organophosphate.

– origin from Gk organon ‘organ’; sense 2 from organic.

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