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combining form

noun

a bound form used only in compounds

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

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noun, pl ⋯ forms [count]

linguistics : a form of a word (such as electro- in electromagnetic or mal- in malodorous) that only occurs as a part of other words

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comˈbining form [combining form] noun (grammar)

a form of a word that can combine with another word or another combining form to make a new word, for example techno- and -phobe in technophobe

Useful english dictionary. 2012.