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bacterio-

bacterio- prefix: bacteria.

Prefix

bacterio-

  1. bacteria
    Synonyms:
    -bacter

Synonyms of bacterio-

  • -bacter

Forms of bacterio-

alternative formbacter-
alternative formbacteri-

Origin of bacterio-

From New Latin bactērium + English -o-.

Words formed from bacterio-

Questions about bacterio-

What does bacterio- mean?
Bacterio- means bacteria.
What part of speech is bacterio-?
Bacterio- is a prefix.

Words near bacterio- in the dictionary

  1. bacteriemia
  2. bacteriemias
  3. bacteriemic
  4. bacterin
  5. bacterins
  6. bacterio-
  7. bacterioagglutinin
  8. bacterioagglutinins
  9. bacteriocecidium
  10. bacteriocentric
  11. bacteriochlorin

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