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prefix
- variant of "paleo-" used before vowels.
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| Pan- |
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prefix
- A combining form meaning "all", used in the formation of compound words, particularly those that identify collections of all places in a region, cultures within a group, or religions.
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| pathic |
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noun
- The passive male partner in anal intercourse.
- 1959: William Burroughs, Naked Lunch
- : And enough of these gooey saints with a look of dismay as if they getting fucked up the ass and try not to pay any mind.
- 1975: Robertson Davies, World of Wonders
- : But in those days I was Paul Dempster, who had been made to forget it and take a name from the side of a barn, and be the of a perverted drug-taker.
- 1976: Robert Nye, Falstaff
- : Clermont (known to his friends as Cordelia) was a nancy, a , a male varlet, a masculine whore.
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| penta- |
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prefix or before a vowel pent-
- five
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| per- |
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prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- In verbs: denoting the sense "through", as in perforate.
- In verbs: denoting the sense "thoroughly", as in perfect.
- In verbs: denoting the sense "to destruction", as in pervert.
- In adjectives and adverbs: denoting the sense "extremely", as in perfervid.
- (chemistry) Forming nouns and adjectives denoting the maximum proportion of one element in a compound, as in peroxide.Or A prefix added to the name of an element in a polyatomic ion denote the number of that element(usually four).
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| peri- |
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prefix
- around or surrounding:
- perimeter
- near:
- perinatal
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| peta- |
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prefix
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1015. Symbol: P
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| phil- |
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prefix
- lover, dear, friend
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| phlebo- |
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prefix
- Relating to veins
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| phono- |
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prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- Relating to sound
- phonograph
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| phosph- |
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prefix - (chemistry) A form of phospho- used before a vowel.
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| phyto- |
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prefix
- Pertaining to or derived from plants.
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| pleuro- |
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prefix
- to the side; lateral
- (medicine) of the pleura
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| poly- |
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prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- many
- polimer
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| post- |
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prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- after, later
- behind
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| pre- |
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prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- Before; used to form words meaning "in front of (in space)".
- Before; used to form words meaning or "before (in time)".
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| preter- |
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prefix
- beyond
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| proto- |
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prefix (infl, en, prefix, cat=prefixes)
- Used to make words in which it has the meaning "first".
- (linguistics) Used to form the name of the hypothetical ancestor of a family of languages.
- Proto-Indo-European is the ancestor of the Indo-European languages.
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| pseud- |
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prefix - Shortened form of pseudo-, used before a noun.
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| pseudo- |
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prefix
- false, not genuine, fake
- pseudonym
- pretentious, pretending to be something more impressive than the actuality.
- pseudo-scientific garbage
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| psych- |
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prefix
- a variant of psycho-
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| psycho- |
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prefix (sometimes psych- before a vowel)
- mind.
- brain.
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| ptero- |
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prefix
- pertaining to wing or feather
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