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apo-

a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek, where it was joined to verbs, deverbal forms, and other parts of speech. Among its functions in Greek, apo- has the spatial sense “away, off, apart” (apogee; apocope; apostasy; apostrophe); it occurs with deverbals that denote a response or defense (apodosis; apology) and is found on verbs having perfective force relative to a corresponding simple verb (apoplexy; aposiopesis). In modern scientific coinages in English and other languages, apo- marks things that are detached, separate, or derivative (apocarpous; apoenzyme).

Also, especially before a vowel, ap-.

[Origin: < Gk, prefixal use of apó; akin to off, Skt apa, L ab

]

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apo- or ap-
pref.

1. Away from; off: aphelion.
2. Separate: apocarpous.
Without; not: apogamy.
Related to; derived from: apomorphine.
Metasomatic: apophyllite.

[Greek, from apo, away from; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]

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apo-

prefix meaning "from, away from, separate," from Gk. apo, from PIE base *apo- "off, away" (cf. Skt. apa "away from," Avestan apa "away from," L. ab "away from, from," Goth. af, O.E. of "away from").

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apo- or ap-
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