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单词 phaco-
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phaco-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. phacoanaphylactic adj.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ϕακός.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕακός lentil, of unknown origin.Attested earliest in the French loan phacochoere n. in the first half of the 19th cent., and subsequently in a small number of scientific and technical words, chiefly adaptations of foreign words. Formations within English are found from the late 19th cent., the earliest apparently being phacometer n. Compare post-classical Latin and scientific Latin phaco- (formations in which are found from at least the 16th cent.: see phacoid adj. and n.), German Phako- (formations in which are found from the early 19th cent., apparently earliest in Phakolith : see phacolith n.), French phaco- (formations in which are found from at least the mid 19th cent.). Combining with second elements ultimately of Greek origin.
Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to the lens of the eye’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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