mechano-

especially before a vowel, mechan-.

1. a combining form representing machine or mechanical in compound words.

   mechanoreceptor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mechano-¹

< Greek mēchano-, combining form representing mēchanḗ; machine

Example Sentences

Some of these advances are now being commercialized by Mechano Therapeutics, LLC , which was co-founded by Mauck and other co-authors on the current paper, George Dodge, PhD, previously an adjunct associate professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and the current CEO of the start-up, and Daeyeon Lee, a Penn Engineering professor, and supported by the Penn Center for Innovation.

From Science Daily

These repairs are made by the mechano growth factor hormone, which in turn is regulated by the IGF1 gene.

From Time

From pontoon gear, the Navy's all-purpose "mechano" set, they have built landing barges, floating drydocks, piers, floats for cranes to transform the sleepy, down-at-heel French colonial port of Noumea, New Caledonia, into one of the Navy's greatest advance bases.

From Time Magazine Archive

Building blocks of wood or stone; the metal construction toy called "Mechano"; dolls, doll houses, furniture, and equipment, are valuable, but they should be simple, inexpensive and not fragile.

From Project Gutenberg