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1. a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, with the meanings “after,” “along with,” “beyond,” “among,” “behind,” and productive in English on the Greek model: metacarpus; metagenesis; metalinguistics.
2. Chemistry.
a. (of acids, salts, or their organic derivatives) a prefix denoting the least hydrated of a series: meta-antimonic, HSbO3; meta-antimonous, HSbO2. Compare ortho-, pyro-.
b. a prefix designating the meta position in the benzene ring. Abbreviation: m-. Compare ortho-, para- 1 .
Also, especially before a vowel, met-.

Origin:
< Gk, prefix and prep.; c. OE mid with, G mit, Goth mith
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met-  
pref.  Variant of meta-.
meta- or met-  
pref.  

    1. Later in time: metestrus.

    2. At a later stage of development: metanephros.

    3. Change; transformation: metachromatism.

    4. Alternation: metagenesis.

    5. Beyond; transcending; more comprehensive: metalinguistics.

    6. At a higher state of development: metazoan.

    7. Derivative or related chemical substance: metaprotein.

    8. Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups, in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by one unsubstituted carbon atom: meta-dibromobenzene.

  2. Situated behind: metacarpus.

    1. Change; transformation: metachromatism.

    2. Alternation: metagenesis.

    3. Beyond; transcending; more comprehensive: metalinguistics.

    4. At a higher state of development: metazoan.

    5. Derivative or related chemical substance: metaprotein.

    6. Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups, in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by one unsubstituted carbon atom: meta-dibromobenzene.

    1. Beyond; transcending; more comprehensive: metalinguistics.

    2. At a higher state of development: metazoan.

    3. Derivative or related chemical substance: metaprotein.

    4. Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups, in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by one unsubstituted carbon atom: meta-dibromobenzene.

  5. Having undergone metamorphosis: metasomatic.

    1. Derivative or related chemical substance: metaprotein.

    2. Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups, in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by one unsubstituted carbon atom: meta-dibromobenzene.


[Greek, from meta, beside, after; see me-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

meta- 
prefix meaning 1. "after, behind," 2. "changed, altered," 3. "higher, beyond," from Gk. meta (prep.) "in the midst of, among, with, after," from PIE *me- "in the middle" (cf. Goth. miþ, O.E. mið "with, together with, among," see mid). Notion of "changing places with" probably led to senses "change of place, order, or nature," which was the principal meaning of the Gk. word when used as a prefix. Third sense, "higher, beyond," is due to misinterpretation of metaphysics (q.v.) as "transcending physical science."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: meta-
Variant: or met-
Function: prefix
1 : isomeric with or otherwise closely related to <metaldehyde>
2 : involving substitution at or characterized by two positions in the benzene ring that are separated by one carbon atom —abbreviation m- <meta-xylene orm-xylene>; —compare ORTH- 2, PARA- 2
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meta- or met-
pref.

  1. Later in time: metestrus.

  2. At a later stage of development: metanephros.

  3. Situated behind: metacarpus.

  4. Change; transformation: metachromatism.

  5. Alternation: metagenesis.

  6. Beyond; transcending; more comprehensive: metapsychology.

  7. At a higher state of development: metazoan.

  8. Having undergone metamorphosis: metamyelocyte.

  9. Derivative or related chemical substance: metaprotein.


  10. Abbr. m- Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups, in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by one unsubstituted carbon atom. Usually used in italic: meta-dibromobenzene.

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