auxo-

auxo-

a combining form meaning “growth,” “increase,” used in the formation of compound words: auxochrome.
Also, especially before a vowel, aux-.


Origin:
< Greek aúx(ein) to grow, increase (variant of auxánein) + -o-

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auxo- or aux-
pref.
Increase: auxotroph.

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Auxo- is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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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