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stylo-

1
  1. a combining form representing style or styloid in the formation of compound words:

    stylography.



stylo-

2
  1. a combining form meaning “column,” “pillar,” “tube,” used in the formation of compound words:

    stylolite.

stylo-

combining_form

  1. (in biology) a style

    stylopodium

  2. indicating a column or point

    stylograph

    stylobate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stylo-1

Combining form representing Latin stilus. See stylus, -o-

Origin of stylo-2

< Greek, combining form of stŷlos pillar
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stylo-1

from Greek stulos column
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Example Sentences

Stylo ferreo, et plumbi lamin, vel celte sculpantur in silice?

The hyoid differs from that of most Ungulates, the stylo-hyal being very imperfectly ossified.

The thyro-hyals are ankylosed with the basi-hyal, which is connected with the large forked stylo-hyals by ligament only.

Passing in front of it may be found the stylo-pharyngeal, stylo-hyoid, and digastric muscles.

I got on all right, and wandered about with a notebook and a stylo.

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