-phore

a combining form meaning “bearer of,” “thing or part bearing” that specified by the initial element: gonophore.

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Compare -phorous.

Origin of -phore

< New Latin -phorus < Greek -phoros bearing, verbid of phérein; see bear1

Words nearby -phore

-phobe, -phobia, -phobic, -phone, -phony, -phore, -phoresis, -phorous, -phrenia, -phyl, -phyll
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British Dictionary definitions for -phore

-phore

n combining form

indicating a person or thing that bears or producesgonophore; semaphore

Derived forms of -phore

-phorous, adj combining form

Word Origin for -phore

from New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros bearing, from pherein to bear
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Medical definitions for -phore

-phore

suff.

Bearer; carrier:chromatophore.
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