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Chemistry.
a combining form meaning “member of a particular group”: isomer.
Compare -mere, -merous.

Origin:
< Gk méros part, portion
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-mer  
suff.  Variant of -mere.
-mere or -mer  
suff.  Part; segment: blastomere.

[French, from Greek meros, part; see (s)mer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

-mer suff.
Variant of -mere.

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Science Dictionary
-mere or -mer  
A suffix meaning "part" or "segment," as in blastomere, one of the cells that form a blastula.
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