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Definition of prot - 5 dictionary results

prot-

 
Use prot in a Sentence
var. of proto- before a vowel: protamine.

Prot.

 
Protestant.

proto-

 
a combining form meaning “first,” “foremost,” “earliest form of,” used in the formation of compound words (protomartyr; protolithic; protoplasm), specialized in chemical terminology to denote the first of a series of compounds, or the one containing the minimum amount of an element.
Also, especially before a vowel, prot-.

Origin:
< Gk, comb. form repr. prôtos first, superl. formed from pró; see pro- 2
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prot- pref.
Variant of proto-.

proto- or prot-
pref.

  1. First in time: prototype.

  2. First formed; primitive; original: protoplast.

  3. Having the least amount of a specified element or radical: protoporphyrin.

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