See Also: deuto-(medicine)
deuto-(dictionary)

deuto- (iou)



deuto- combining form. Before a vowel deut-.
[Abbreviation of DEUTERO-.]
Forming words with the sense 'second, secondary'.
deu'tomerite noun (Zoology) the posterior division of the body in gregarine protozoans, which contains the nucleus (cf. PROTOMERITE) E20.
deu'toxide noun (Chemistry, arch.) the second in a series of oxides of an element E19.