de-
word element [L.], down; from; sometimes negative or privative, and often intensive.
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de-
(dē), 1. Away from, cessation, without; sometimes has an intensive force.
2. For names with this prefix not found here, see under the principal part of the name.
[L. de, from, away]
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de-
Prefix meaning away from, cessation, without; sometimes has an intensive force.
[L. de, from, away]
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de-
prefix denoting from, out or away.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005