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io-

UK/ʌɪ.ə(ʊ)/US/aɪ.oʊ/

io- prefix: used to form names of iodine-containing contrast media.

Prefix

io-

  1. Used to form names of iodine-containing contrast media.

Forms of io-

alternative form-iod-

Origin of io-

From iodine.

Questions about io-

What does io- mean?
Io- means used to form names of iodine-containing contrast media.
What part of speech is io-?
Io- is a prefix.
How do you pronounce io-?
Io- is pronounced /ʌɪ.ə(ʊ)/ (UK).

Words near io- in the dictionary

  1. inæstimable
  2. inégalitarian
  3. io
  4. io moth
  5. io moths
  6. io-
  7. Ioane
  8. Ioannidis
  9. Ioannidises
  10. Ioannina
  11. Ioannis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: io- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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