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electro-

a combining form representing electric or electricity in compound words: electromagnetic.
Also, especially before a vowel, electr-.


Origin:
electr(ic) + -o-
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electro- or electr-  
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    1. Electricity: electromagnet.

    2. Electric; electrically: electrocute.

  1. Electrolysis: electrodeposit.

  2. Electron: electronegative.


[New Latin ēlectro-, from Latin ēlectrum, amber; see electric.]
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electro- or electr-
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  1. Electricity; electric; electrically: electrocautery.

  2. Electron: electronegative.

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