Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A prefix in words (chiefly biological) of Greek origin, signifying ‘outside, without, outer, external, lying upon’: as, ectoderm, the outer skin; Ectozoa, external parasites: opposed to endo-, ento-.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- See
ect- .
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- prefix
outside
Etymologies
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From the Ancient Greek ἐκτός (ektos, "outside").
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