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-phore

 
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a combining form meaning “bearer of,” “thing or part bearing” that specified by the initial element: gonophore.
Compare -phorous.

Origin:
< NL -phorus < Gk -phoros bearing, verbid of phérein; see bear 1
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-phore  
suff.  Bearer; carrier: chromatophore.

[From Greek -phoros, bearing, from pherein, to carry; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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-phore suff.
Bearer; carrier: chromatophore.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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