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-nema

-nema suffix: characteristic of, pertaining to, or possessing a filiform structure.

Suffix

-nema

  1. Characteristic of, pertaining to, or possessing a filiform structure.

Origin of -nema

From Ancient Greek νῆμᾰ (nêmă, “thread”). Compare nemat-.

Words formed from -nema

Questions about -nema

What does -nema mean?
-nema means characteristic of, pertaining to, or possessing a filiform structure.
What part of speech is -nema?
-nema is a suffix.

Words near -nema in the dictionary

  1. -nauts
  2. -navir
  3. -nd
  4. -ne
  5. -ne-
  6. -nema
  7. -neme
  8. -nephry
  9. -ner-
  10. -nercept
  11. -ness

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