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apo-

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a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek, where it was joined to verbs, deverbal forms, and other parts of speech. Among its functions in Greek, apo- has the spatial sense “away, off, apart” (apogee; apocope; apostasy; apostrophe); it occurs with deverbals that denote a response or defense (apodosis; apology) and is found on verbs having perfective force relative to a corresponding simple verb (apoplexy; aposiopesis). In modern scientific coinages in English and other languages, apo- marks things that are detached, separate, or derivative (apocarpous; apoenzyme).
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apothegm   has been listed 26 times with 1 comment
apocalypse   has been listed 28 times with 0 comments
apoapsis   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
aphelion   has been listed 20 times with 0 comments
apocarpous   has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
apoplexy   has been listed 31 times with 0 comments
apostasy   has been listed 51 times with 0 comments
apogee   has been listed 59 times with 2 comments
apodictic   has been listed 21 times with 4 comments
aposiopesis   has been listed 38 times with 4 comments
apophatic   has been listed 7 times with 2 comments
apophenia   has been listed 33 times with 2 comments
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