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pauci-

pauci- prefix: having or involving few.

Prefix

pauci-

  1. Having or involving few.
    • paucisymptomatic, paucispiral
    Synonyms:
    oligo-

Synonyms of pauci-

Antonyms

Origin of pauci-

From Latin paucī, form of paucus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”) (English few).

Questions about pauci-

What does pauci- mean?
Pauci- means having or involving few.
What part of speech is pauci-?
Pauci- is a prefix.

Words near pauci- in the dictionary

  1. paucality
  2. Paucar
  3. Paucars
  4. pauce
  5. paucennial
  6. pauci-
  7. pauci-cellular
  8. pauci-immune
  9. pauciarthritic
  10. pauciarthritis
  11. pauciarticular

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