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silico-

silico- prefix: silicon, silicone.

Prefix

silico-

  1. silicon, silicone

Origin of silico-

From silicon + -o-.

Words formed from silico-

  • silico-alkaline
  • silicobenzoic
  • silico-borate
  • silicoborate
  • silico-borocalcite
  • silicocarnotite
  • silico-ferruginous
  • silico-fluate
  • silicomacrophagocytic
  • silico-magnesian
  • silico-skeletal
  • silico-talcose
  • silico-titanate
  • silicotitanate

Questions about silico-

What does silico- mean?
Silico- means silicon, silicone.
What part of speech is silico-?
Silico- is a prefix.

Words near silico- in the dictionary

  1. siliciuretted
  2. silicization
  3. silicizations
  4. silicle
  5. silicles
  6. silico-
  7. silico-borocalcite
  8. silicoaluminate
  9. silicoaluminates
  10. silicoaluminophosphate
  11. silicoaluminophosphates

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