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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • prefix More than one; many; much.
  • prefix More than usual; excessive; abnormal.
  • prefix Polymer; polymeric.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek polu-, from polus, much, many; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]

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