-ode
a suffix of nouns, appearing in loanwords from greek, where it meant “like”; used in the formation of compound words:
phyllode.
compare -oid.
-ode2
a combining form meaning “way,” “road,” used in the formation of compound words:
anode; electrode.
origin
-ode1
combining form
denoting resemblance nematode
word origin
from greek -ōdēs, from eidos shape, form
-ode2
combining form
denoting a path or way electrode
word origin
from greek -odos, from hodos a way
-ode suff.
way; path: electrode.
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- -odont
a combining form meaning “having teeth” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: diphyodont; selenodont. compare -odus. -odont combining form, combining form having teeth of a certain type; -toothed acrodont word origin from greek odōn tooth
- -odontia
-odontia suff. the form of, condition of, or manner of treating the teeth: orthodontia.
- -odus
variant of -odont, especially in the names of genera in zoology: ceratodus.
- -oholic
variant of -aholic: c-keoholic. -oholic abstracted from alcoholic (q.v.).
- -oic
-oic suff. containing a carboxyl group or one of its derivatives: caproic acid.