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infra-
a prefix meaning “below,” used, with second elements of any origin, in the formation of compound words: infrasonic; infrared.
Origin:
< Latin, representing infrā, adv. or preposition
< Latin, representing infrā, adv. or preposition
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| —adv | |
| (esp in textual annotation) below; further on | |
| infra- | |
| —prefix | |
| below; beneath; after: infrasonic; infralapsarian | |
| [from Latin infrā] | |
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Medical Dictionary
infra- pref.
Inferior to, below, or beneath: infrasonic.
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Example sentences
Glover's autopsy, see infra, later confirmed that she died from strangulation.
Cranking out freelance articles to pay off one's marquisate bill, however, is unquestionably infra dig.
It acts to amplify infra-red emissions at some frequencies and suppress them at others.
Elsewhere, agents have access to mobile lighting units, as well as hand-held infra-red cameras akin to night-vision goggles.
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