-mer
Chemistry
1.
a combining form meaning “member of a particular group”:
isomer.
Compare
-mere
,
-merous
.
Origin
<
Greek
méros
part, portion
British Dictionary definitions for
-mer
-mer
suffix
1.
(
chem
) denoting a substance of a particular class:
monomer,
polymer
Word Origin
from Greek
meros
part
-mer
in Medicine
-mer
suff.
Variant of
-mere
.
-mer
in Science
-mere or -mer
A suffix meaning "part" or "segment," as in
blastomere,
one of the cells that form a blastula.