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• -driven

  -driven combining word controlled or caused by what is indicated: ego-driven, profit-driven, tax-driven, publicity-driven

• -drome

  a combining form meaning “running,” “course,” “racecourse” (hippodrome); on this model used to form words referring to other large structures (airdrome). -drome combining form a course, racecourse hippodrome a large place for a special purpose aerodrome word origin via latin from greek dromos race, course

• -dromous

  a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -drome. -dromous combining form moving or running anadromous, catadromous word origin via new latin from greek -dromos, from dromos a running

• -ea

  a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin: cornea.

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