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a combining form meaning “bearer of,” “thing or part bearing” that specified by the initial element: gonophore.

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Compare -phorous.

Origin of -phore

<New Latin -phorus<Greek -phoros bearing, verbid of phérein;see bear¹

Words nearby -phore

phony war, phooey, phorate, phorbol, Phorcys, -phore, -phoresis, phoresy, phormium, phoronid, -phorous

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How to use -phore in a sentence

Now all this is what actually takes place in words like hmo-ptysis (spitting of blood), sema-phore (a sort of telegraph).
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for -phore

-phore

n combining form

indicating a person or thing that bears or producesgonophore; semaphore

Derived forms of -phore

-phorous, adj combining form

Word Origin for -phore

from New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros bearing, from pherein to bear

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