-phore

American  

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

   gonophore.

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-phore British  

combining form

1. indicating a person or thing that bears or produces

   gonophore

   semaphore

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Other Word Forms

• -phorous
  combining form

Etymology

Origin of -phore

< New Latin -phorus < Greek -phoros bearing, verbid of phérein; see bear ¹