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thigmo-

thigmo- prefix: related to touching, usually a plant.

Prefix

thigmo-

  1. related to touching, usually a plant.
    • thigmo- + tropism (“movement, turning”) → thigmotropism (“movement of a plant because of touching”)
    Synonyms:
    hapto-

Synonyms of thigmo-

Origin of thigmo-

From Ancient Greek θῐ́γμᾰ (thĭ́gmă) + -o-, from the root of θῐγγᾰ́νω (thĭngắnō, “to touch”).

Questions about thigmo-

What does thigmo- mean?
Thigmo- means related to touching, usually a plant.
What part of speech is thigmo-?
Thigmo- is a prefix.

Words near thigmo- in the dictionary

  1. thightness
  2. thighward
  3. thigle
  4. thigmatropic
  5. thigmatropism
  6. thigmo-
  7. thigmokinesis
  8. thigmokinetic
  9. thigmomorphogenesis
  10. thigmomorphogenetic
  11. thigmomorphogenic

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