stylo-

¹

1. a combining form representing style or styloid in the formation of compound words:

   stylography.

stylo-

²

1. a combining form meaning “column,” “pillar,” “tube,” used in the formation of compound words:

   stylolite.

stylo-

combining_form

1. (in biology) a style

   stylopodium

2. indicating a column or point

   stylograph

   stylobate

Word History and Origins

Origin of stylo-¹

Combining form representing Latin stilus. See stylus, -o-

Origin of stylo-²

< Greek, combining form of stŷlos pillar

Word History and Origins

Origin of stylo-¹

from Greek stulos column

Example Sentences

Stylo ferreo, et plumbi lamin, vel celte sculpantur in silice?

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The hyoid differs from that of most Ungulates, the stylo-hyal being very imperfectly ossified.

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The thyro-hyals are ankylosed with the basi-hyal, which is connected with the large forked stylo-hyals by ligament only.

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Passing in front of it may be found the stylo-pharyngeal, stylo-hyoid, and digastric muscles.

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I got on all right, and wandered about with a notebook and a stylo.

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