Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An element of many scientific compound words, signifying vessel, usually with reference to the vessels of the body. Less properly angeio-.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- prefix Relating to
blood vessels orlymph vessels .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeíon, "vessel, urn, pot").
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