Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- Outside; external: exoskeleton.
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- outside, external
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- A prefix signifying out of, outside.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A prefix in words of Greek origin, meaning ‘without,’ ‘outside’: used chiefly in scientific compounds, where it is usually equivalent to ecto-: opposed to endo- or onto-.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
From Greek exō, outside, from ex, out of; see eghs in Indo-European roots.
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From Ancient Greek ἔξω (exō, "outer, external").
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