Photo-
1.
a combining form meaning “light” (photobiology); also used to represent “photographic” or “photograph” in the formation of compound words:
photocopy.
combining form
1.
of, relating to, or produced by light: photosynthesis
2.
indicating a photographic process: photolithography
word-forming element meaning “light” or “photographic” or “photoelectric,” from Greek photo-, comb. form of phos (genitive photos) “light,” from PIE root *bha- “to shine” (see phantasm).
photo- or phot-
pref.
photo-
A prefix that means “light,” as in photoreceptor.
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