spori-

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Spori- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “spore.” Spore can have a variety of meanings, but in biology, it is used to refer to small organisms such as seeds or germ cells.Spori- ultimately comes from the Greek ����ǰ�á, meaning “sowing” or “seed.” Sporadic, meaning "occasional," comes from the related Greek ����ǰ����徱��ó��. Find out what sporadic has to do with seeds at our entry.������ are variants of spori-?Spori- is a variant of sporo-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements of Latin origin.When combined with words or word elements of Latin origin, spori- becomes spor-, as in sporont. When used at the end of a word, as a suffix, spor- becomes -spore, as in teliospore.A related adjectival form is -sporous, which means “having spores” or, literally, “full of spores.”Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles for spor-, sporo-, -spore, and -sporous.