Definitions
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- A combining form from Gr. platy`s
broad ,wide ,flat .
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- prefix Forms words referring to things that are relatively
flat butwide , like a plateau. (opposed tolepto- flat but "thin", like a ribbon)
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek πλατύς (platys, "flat")
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