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photo-

 
a combining form meaning “light” (photobiology); also used to represent “photographic” or “photograph” in the formation of compound words: photocopy.
Also, especially before a vowel, phot-.

Origin:
< Gk, comb. form of phôs (gen. phōtós)
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phot-  
pref.  Variant of photo-.
photo- or phot-  
pref.  

  1. Light; radiant energy: photosynthesis.

  2. Photographic: photomontage.

  3. Photoelectric: photoemission.


[Greek phōto-, from phōs, phōt-; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

photo- 
comb. form meaning "light" or "photographic," from Gk. photo-, comb. form of phos (gen. photos) "light" (see phosphorous.
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Medical Dictionary

photo- or phot-
pref.

  1. Light; radiant energy: photosynthesis.

  2. Photographic: photofluorography.

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Science Dictionary
photo-  
A prefix that means "light," as in photoreceptor.
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