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-therm

-therm suffix: used to name types of animal having a specified form of body temperature mechanism.

Suffix

-therm

  1. used to name types of animal having a specified form of body temperature mechanism
  2. heat
    • geotherm

Origin of -therm

From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “warm”).

Questions about -therm

What does -therm mean?
-therm means used to name types of animal having a specified form of body temperature mechanism.
What part of speech is -therm?
-therm is a suffix.

Words near -therm in the dictionary

  1. -terenol
  2. -terol
  3. -terone
  4. -th
  5. -thelium
  6. -therm
  7. -thermal
  8. -thermic
  9. -thermy
  10. -thetic
  11. -thiazide

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