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a combining form meaning “false,” “pretended,” “unreal,” used in the formation of compound words (pseudoclassic; pseudointellectual): in scientific use, denoting close or deceptive resemblance to the following element (pseudobulb; pseudocarp), and used sometimes in chemical names of isomers (pseudoephedrine).

Words related to pseudo-

apparent, apparently, fake, mock, near, nominal, partly, pretended, seeming, sham, so-called, supposedly, synthetic, virtual, would-be, seemingly, semi-

Words nearby pseudo-

pseudepigraphy, pseudesthesia, pseudisodomic, pseudo, pseudo force, pseudo-, pseudo-ainhum, pseudo-cleft sentence, pseudo-code, pseudo-colour, pseudo-dionysius
Also especially before a vowel, pseud-.

Origin of pseudo-

< Greek, combining form of pseudḗs false, pseûdos falsehood

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pseudo-

pseudo- quasi-
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British Dictionary definitions for pseudo-

pseudo-

sometimes before a vowel pseud-

combining form

false, pretending, or unauthenticpseudo-intellectual
having a close resemblance topseudopodium

Word Origin for pseudo-

from Greek pseudēs false, from pseudein to lie
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Medical definitions for pseudo-

pseudo-

pref.

False; deceptive; sham:pseudohematuria.
Apparently similar:pseudomyxoma.
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