Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Combining forms designating
fire orheat ; specifically (Chem.), used to imply an actual or theoreticalderivative by the action of heat ; as inpyro phosphoric,pyro sulphuric,pyro tartaric,pyro tungstic, etc.
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- prefix
fire ,heat . - prefix
fever . - prefix chemistry
orthoacid .
Etymologies
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From Latin pyr, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pur, "fire").
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