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  1. prefix Later in time: metestrus.
  2. prefix At a later stage of development: metanephros.
  3. prefix Situated behind: metacarpus.
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metasuicide · meta-metric · metanarrative · metabonomics · metaphysics · metamict · meta-theory · meta-utopia · metaquotation · metagenomics · metachromasia

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  1. Greek, from meta, beside, after; see me-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. L.,etc., meta-, from Greek μετα-, prefix, μετά, poetical μεταί, Doric πέδα or πεδα, preposition, with genitive, in the midst of, among, between, along with; with dative (poetical), among, with, in, besides; with ace. into the midst of, coming among, after, beyond, according to, etc.; in comp., between, after, over (denoting change, like L. trans-); = Gothic (Moesogothic) mith = Anglo-Saxon mid, Middle English mid, with: see mid.
 

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