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organo-

Syllabification: (organo-)
Definition of organo-

combining form

  • 1chiefly Biology relating to bodily organs:organogenesis
  • 2 Chemistry (forming names of classes of organic compounds containing a particular element or group) organic:organochlorine organophosphate

Origin:

from Greek organon 'organ'; organo- (sense 2) from organic

organo- in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of organo- in the British & World English dictionary