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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lepto-, (before a vowel)lept- combining form - fine, slender, or slight: leptosome
Etymology: from Greek leptos thin, literally: peeled, from lepein to peel WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lep•to (lep′tō),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]- Veterinary Diseases, Pathology, Informal Termsleptospirosis.
lepto-, - a combining form meaning "thin,'' "fine,'' "slight,'' used in the formation of compound words:leptophyllous.
- Greek lepto-, combining form of leptós thin, slight, fine, literally, stripped, equivalent. to lép(ein) to strip + -tos adjective, adjectival suffix
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