py-
variant of pyo- before a vowel.
py-
American
PY
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British
abbreviation
py-
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combining form
py
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abbreviation
Usage
What does py- mean? Py- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “pus.” It is often used in medical terms, especially in pathology. Py- comes from the Greek pýon, meaning “pus.”Py- is a variant of pyo-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use pyo- article.
Example Sentences
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PY: When I set out to do the project, I really wanted to meticulously document the cross street or I’m in Los Feliz, or wherever it was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
PY: It was more something eerie that stopped me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
PY: When I got back to New York, Ed Ruscha was having a retrospective at MoMA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
PY: That’s a great way to put it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
After Page’s resignation, the man hired to rescue the Dome was PY Gerbeau, an infectiously optimistic ex-Eurodisney executive who wore suits slightly too big for him and rode around the Dome on a micro-scooter.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2020
It is part of efforts py President Joe Biden to get more tribal input in federal policy deliberations.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2021
Sketch the boundary surface of a and a py orbital.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Lady Slane is perfectly hap py, dies at just the right moment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Manhattan's Lord & Taylor opened a special shop, "Great Snakes," last month, stocked it with everything from real py thon tunics to synthetic-snake robes, jackets and dresses, and fake python steamer trunks.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ve shall pe coming to them py and py."
From Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
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