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tomo-

tomo- prefix: sections; cutting.

Prefix

tomo-

  1. sections; cutting

Origin of tomo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, slice”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”).

Questions about tomo-

What does tomo- mean?
Tomo- means sections; cutting.
What part of speech is tomo-?
Tomo- is a prefix.

Words near tomo- in the dictionary

  1. tommytoe
  2. tommytoes
  3. tomnoddies
  4. tomnoddy
  5. tomo
  6. tomo-
  7. tomocyst
  8. tomocysts
  9. tomodensitometric
  10. tomodensitometrically
  11. tomodensitometry

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