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Combining form Moderate

Combining form has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a bound form used only in compounds

"`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"

2

A type of word part; a bound morpheme; used in combination with a word, a different combining form, or an affix to form a new word.

See Also
eth combination combining forms part word suffixoid bound characters
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bound morpheme
Rhyming Words
orm corm worm form norm gorm dorm feorm storm enorm reform e form afform byform efform v form unform urform enform deworm
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