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-lyte

-lyte

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a combining form used in the formation of compound words that denote something subjected to a certain process (indicated by a noun ending in -lysis): electrolyte.

Origin:
< Greek lytós able to be untied or loosened, soluble, verbid of lȳ́ein to loose, dissolve; cognate with Latin luere to loose

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-lyte is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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-lyte

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variant of -lite.
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-lyte
 
n combining form
indicating a substance that can be decomposed or broken down: electrolyte
 
[from Greek lutos soluble, from luein to loose]

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-lyte suff.
A substance that can be decomposed by a specified process: electrolyte.

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