English Explanatory Dictionary

erythro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Used to form scientific terms meaning red, or showing a relationship to red blood cells.
  2. In a compound with two chiral centers, having two identical substituents on the same side of the molecule.

Word forms

erythro- erythr-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós Proto-Hellenic *erutʰrós Ancient Greek ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós)der. English erythro- Derived from Ancient Greek ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós, “red”).

Related words

erythemato-
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