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osmo-

osmo- prefix: osmosis.

Prefix (1)

osmo-

  1. osmosis

Prefix (2)

osmo-

  1. smell

Origin of osmo-

From Ancient Greek ὠσμός (ōsmós, “push”), from ὠθέω (ōthéō).

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”).

Questions about osmo-

What does osmo- mean?
Osmo- means osmosis.
What part of speech is osmo-?
Osmo- is a prefix.

Words near osmo- in the dictionary

  1. osmites
  2. osmium
  3. osmium tetroxide
  4. osmiums
  5. osmlolality
  6. osmo-
  7. osmoadapt
  8. osmoadaptation
  9. osmoadapted
  10. osmoadaption
  11. osmoadaptions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osmo- (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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