telluro-

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Telluro- is a combining form used like a prefix that has two distinct senses.The first of these senses is “earth,” and this form of telluro- is used in very few scientific and technical terms.The second of these senses is “tellurium,” a rare, lustrous, brittle, crystalline, silver-white element resembling sulfur in its properties." This use of telluro- is very occasionally used in terms from chemistry.Telluro- comes from Latin �ٱ����ū��, meaning “earth.” The Greek translation of �ٱ����ū�� is ��ê, “earth,” which is the source of the English combining form geo-, as in geography and geology. To learn more, check out our entries for both words.������ are variants of telluro-?When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, telluro- becomes tellur-, as in tellurite.