See Also: aboma(medicine)

apo- (iou) and aboma (medicine)


apo- (iou)



apo- prefix. Before a vowel or h usu. ap-.
[Repr. Greek apo- off, from, away, quite.]
A productive prefix, chiefly in Science, esp. with the senses 'separate', 'away from', 'Other than', as apocarpous, apocrine, apogamy. In Astronomy forming nouns denoting the point in the orbit of a body at which it is furthest from the primary about which it revolves (opp. PERI-).
a'pastron noun [Greek astron star] Astronomy the point furthest from a star in the path of a body orbiting that star E20.
apo'apsis noun, pl. -apses [-'apsi:z], Astronomy the point in the path of an orbiting body at which it is furthest from the primary L20.
apojove noun (Astronomy) the point furthest from Jupiter in the orbit of any of Jupiter's satellites M19.

aboma (medicine)


aboma
<zoology> A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).

Source: Websters Dictionary