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collo-

1. a combining form meaning “gelatinous, glutinous; glue,” used in the formation of compound words: colloblast.
2. a combining form representing colloid in compound words: collotype.
Also, especially before a vowel, coll-.
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  1. Glue: collenchyma.

  2. Colloid: collotype.


[New Latin, from Greek kolla, glue.]
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