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prefix
hollow; cavity; as
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: art, arts, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
hollow; cavity; as:
abdominal cavity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: anatomy, art, arts, medicine, sciences
Synonyms: abdomin-, abdomino-
Antonyms: none provided
History
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow; concave; a cavity, hollow”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1- (“to swell; to be strong”)); developed from such earlier Latin terms as coeliac and coelom.
