English Explanatory Dictionary

acro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. The extremities: limbs, head, fingers, toes, etc.
  2. Located or positioned at a tip or tips of an object or body.
  3. Located or positioned at the top; uppermost.
  4. Beginning, initial.
  5. Pointed in shape.
  6. Heights, high in location.
  7. The peak of a wave or cycle; accented.
  8. Upper.
  9. High in altitude, montane.
  10. Etching or engraving.
  11. Acrobatics.

Word forms

acro- acr- akro-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros)der. New Latinbor. English acro- From international scientific vocabulary, per above.

Related words

acroblast acrocarpous acrocentric acrogen acropleurogenous acropolis acrosome acrospore acrosyndesis acrodynamic acrophase acrostatic acroaesthesia acroagnosis acroanaesthesia acroangiodermatitis acroarthritis acroasphyxia acroataxia acrocallosal acrocinesia acrocontracture acrocoracoid acrocyanosis acrodermatitis acrodermatosis acrodynia acrodysesthesia acrodysostosis acrodysplasia acroedema acrofacial acrogeria acrognosis acrohyperhidrosis acrokeratoderma acrokeratoelastoidosis acrokeratosis acrolentiginous acroleukopathy acrolith acromegalogigantism acromegaly acromelalgia acromelanism acromelic acrometagenesis acromicria acromyotonia acroosteolysis acropachyderma acroparalysis acroparesthesia acropathology acropathy acropigmentation acrorhagus acrosclerosis acrodendrophile acrodendrophily
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