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xeno-

xeno- prefix: having to do with foreigners.

Prefix

xeno-

  1. Having to do with foreigners.
    • xenophilia, xenophobia
  2. Relating to strangers or strangeness.
  3. From a foreign place.
    • xenolith, xenomenia
  4. From a donor of another species.
    • porcine xenograft
    • We suggest defining such females as xenoparous, meaning they need to produce individuals of another species as part of their life cycle. This shows the evolution of xenoparity (xeno-, meaning ‘foreign, strange, different’, and -parity, meaning ‘produce, bring forth, give birth’), which is the need...2025 September 3, Y. Juvé, C. Lutrat, A. Ha, et al., “One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants”, in Nature, →DOI, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2025
    Synonyms:
    hetero-
  5. Of extraterrestrial origin.
    • xeno- + archaeology → xenoarchaeology

Synonyms of xeno-

Forms of xeno-

alternative formxen-

Origin of xeno-

Derived from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).

Questions about xeno-

What does xeno- mean?
Xeno- means having to do with foreigners.
What part of speech is xeno-?
Xeno- is a prefix.

Words near xeno- in the dictionary

  1. xenization
  2. xenna-
  3. xennial
  4. xennials
  5. xenno-
  6. xeno-
  7. xeno-free
  8. xenoamicin
  9. xenoamicins
  10. xenoandrogen
  11. xenoandrogenic

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