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a combining form meaning “10,000,” used especially in the names of metric units equal to 10,000 of the unit denoted by the base word: myriagram; myriameter.

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Origin of myria-

Combining form representing Greek mȳriás ten thousand; see myriad

Words nearby myria-

myotome, myotomy, myotonia, Myra, Myrdal, myria-, myriad, myriad-leaf, myriapod, myrica, myringotomy

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British Dictionary definitions for myria-

myria-

combining form

indicating a very great numbermyriapod

Word Origin for myria-

from Greek murios countless

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