-phore
a combining form meaning “bearer of,” “thing or part bearing” that specified by the initial element: gonophore.
Origin of -phore
1- Compare -phorous.
Words Nearby -phore
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How to use -phore in a sentence
Now all this is what actually takes place in words like hmo-ptysis (spitting of blood), sema-phore (a sort of telegraph).
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon Latham
British Dictionary definitions for -phore
-phore
n combining form
indicating a person or thing that bears or produces: gonophore; semaphore
Origin of -phore
1from New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros bearing, from pherein to bear
Derived forms of -phore
- -phorous, adj combining form
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