See Also: topo-(medicine)
topo-(dictionary)
topo(dictionary)
Topo Gigio(tourism)

topo- (iou)



topo- combining form of Greek topos place: see -O-. Before a vowel also top-.
topo'centric adjective (Astronautics) (of a parameter of a spacecraft or an orbit) measured relative to a point on the earth's surface; cf. GEOCENTRIC: M20.
topocline noun (Biology) a cline associated with variations in a taxon through its geographical range M20.
to'pogenous adjective (Ecology) (of a bog, peat, etc.) formed as the result of geographical features (cf. OMBROGENOUS, SOLIGENOUS): M20.
topoinhi'bition noun (Biology) the inhibition of cell multiplication by contact with other cells L20.
topo'isomer noun (chiefly Biochemistry) a topologically distinct isomer L20.
topoi'somerase noun (Biochemistry) an enzyme which alters the supercoiled form of a DNA molecule L20.
topotype noun (Taxonomy) a specimen from the locality where the original type specimen was obtained L19.