-phore
1.
a combining form meaning “bearer of,” “thing or part bearing” that specified by the initial element:
gonophore.
Compare
-phorous
.
Origin
<
Neo-Latin
-phorus
<
Greek
-phoros
bearing, verbid of
phérein;
see
bear
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British Dictionary definitions for
-phore
-phore
combining form
1.
indicating a person or thing that bears or produces:
gonophore,
semaphore
Derived Forms
-phorous,
combining_form:in_adjective
Word Origin
from New Latin
-phorus,
from Greek
-phoros
bearing, from
pherein
to bear
-phore
in Medicine
-phore
suff.
Bearer; carrier:
chromatophore.