English Explanatory Dictionary

allo-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Nonself; nonself but of the same species.
  2. Alloimmunity; (biology, medicine, transplantation) transplantation of cells or tissues from one person to another.
  3. An arbitrary member of a heterogenous-but-interrelated group.
  4. External, outside, or from a separate location.
  5. Hybridization of multiple species.
  6. Isomeric; especially, of amino acids having two chiral centres, the second diastereoisomer to be discovered or synthesized.
  7. a diastereomer having the same configuration on four neighboring chiral carbon atoms as carbohydrate allose.
  8. Different, distinct, or other with respect to the root.
  9. Abnormal, defective with respect to the root.
  10. Unconventional, unusual, or unexpected.
  11. Changed or modified.
  12. Synthetic, artificial.

Pronunciation

/æloʊ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-allo-.wav

Word forms

allo-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), from Proto-Hellenic *áľľos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (English else).

Synonyms

hetero-

Antonyms

auto- self- ipsi-

Related words

allele

Derived words

allism allistic alloarterial alloartery allocentric allocentrism allofeeding allogamic allogamous allogamy allogeneic allogeneous allogenic allograft allograph allogrooming allohormone alloimmune alloimmunity allolysis allomone alloplasty allopoiesis allopreen allopsychic allorecognition allorubbing allosensitization allosexual allospecies allosperm alloallele allochimera allochory allocoprophagy allocratic allocycle allodeterminant allododecaploid allogenetic allogenetically allometric allonomous allooctoploid alloparasite allophile alloalantolactone alloaromadendrene allobetonicoside allobetulin allocholane allocholesterol allocyathin alloisocitrate alloisoleucine alloisomer alloisomeric alloisomerism allolactose alloocimene

Translations

Catalan: al·lo- Irish: alla- Polish: alo- Polish: allo- Portuguese: alo- Spanish: alo-
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