combining form

/kəmˌbaɪnɪŋ fɔərm/

Other forms: combining forms

Definitions of combining form

1. noun

   a bound form used only in compounds
   “`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'”

   type of:

   bound form, bound morpheme

   a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns