-merecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. centromere n.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek -μερής, μέρος.

Etymology: < ancient Greek -μερής (in e.g. διμερής bipartite (see dimerous adj.), τριμερής tripartite (see trimerous adj.), πολυμερής manifold (see polymerous adj.¹)), combining form of μέρος part (see mero- comb. form¹). Compare French -mère (1817 in pentamère : see pentamerous adj.), and German -mer (mid 19th cent. in Metamer metamere n.).English formations are found from the mid 19th cent. in such compounds as osteomere n. at osteo- comb. form and neuromere n. and were numerous until the first half of the 20th cent.

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Forming nouns with the sense ‘part’, ‘segment’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-mere
释义	-merecomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. centromere n. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek -μερής, μέρος. Etymology: < ancient Greek -μερής (in e.g. διμερής bipartite (see dimerous adj.), τριμερής tripartite (see trimerous adj.), πολυμερής manifold (see polymerous adj.¹)), combining form of μέρος part (see mero- comb. form¹). Compare French -mère (1817 in pentamère : see pentamerous adj.), and German -mer (mid 19th cent. in Metamer metamere n.).English formations are found from the mid 19th cent. in such compounds as osteomere n. at osteo- comb. form and neuromere n. and were numerous until the first half of the 20th cent. Chiefly Biology. Categories » Forming nouns with the sense ‘part’, ‘segment’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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