Letter O

Oligo- (prefix)

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Means just a few or scanty.

From the Greek 'oligos', few, scanty.

Examples of terms starting with oligo- include oligodactyly (few fingers), oligohydramnios (too little amniotic fluid) and oligospermia (too few sperm)

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