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galacto-

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ (gắlă) Ancient Greek γάλακτ- (gálakt-)der. New Latinder. English galacto- From New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem γάλακτ- (gálakt-) of γάλα (gála, “milk, milky sap, the Milky Way”).

Definitions

  1. Used to form medical and biochemical terms related to galactose

  2. Used to form astronomical terms related to galaxies

    • galacto- + -centric → galactocentric

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for galacto-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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