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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prot-

▶combining form variant spelling of proto- before a vowel (as in protanopia).

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proto- /ˈprəʊtəʊ/ (usu. prot- before a vowel)

▶combining form original; primitive: prototype.

■ first; anterior; relating to a precursor: protozoon.

– origin from Gk prōtos ‘first’.

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