definitions

photo-

a combining form meaning “light” (photobiology); also used to represent “photographic” or “photograph” in the formation of compound words: photocopy.

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Nearby words

photo op, photo opportunity, photo relief, photo spread, photo story, photo-, photo-ageing, photo-mount, photo-offset, photo-patch test, photo-secession
Also especially before a vowel, phot-.

Origin of photo-

< Greek, combining form of phôs (genitive phōtós)
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British Dictionary definitions for photo-

photo-

combining form

of, relating to, or produced by lightphotosynthesis
indicating a photographic processphotolithography

Word Origin for photo-

from Greek phōs, phōt- light
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Medicine definitions for photo-

photo-

pref.

Light; radiant energy:photosynthesis.
Photographic:photofluorography.
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Science definitions for photo-

photo-

A prefix that means “light,” as in photoreceptor.
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