amylo-
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amylo-
(word root) starchExamples of words with the root amylo-: amyloid
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amylo-
or amyl-pref.
Starch: amylose.
[From Latin amylum, starch; see amylum.]
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amylo-
or before a vowelamyl-
combining form
(Biochemistry) indicating starch: amylolysis; amylase.
[from Latin: amylum]
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amylo-
a combining form representing amylum: amylolysis.
[comb. form of Greek ámylon starch (extracted from unmilled grain), n. use of neuter of ámylos=a- a-6 + -mylos, adj. derivative of mýlē mill]
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