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amylo-

amylo- prefix: starch.

Prefix

amylo-

  1. starch

Forms of amylo-

alternative formamyl-

Origin of amylo-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin amylum (whence English amylum, amyl, and amyl-/amylo-).

Questions about amylo-

What does amylo- mean?
Amylo- means starch.
What part of speech is amylo-?
Amylo- is a prefix.

Words near amylo- in the dictionary

  1. amylinomimetic
  2. amylinomimetics
  3. amylite
  4. amylites
  5. amylmetacresol
  6. amylo-
  7. amylobacter
  8. amylobacteria
  9. amylobacterium
  10. amylobacters
  11. amylobarbitone

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