- ne-
- combining form
or neo-
1.
neologism
neophyte
b. : a new and different period or form of something (as a faith, school, or language) — often joined to the second element with a hyphenneo-Chippendale
Neo-Darwinism
Neo-Latin
Neo-platonism
neobotanist
neobotany
neontology
Neocrinoidea
Neolithic
Nearctic
Neotropical
g. : an immature formneofetus
h. : a more recently developed part (as of a plant or animal)neomorph
i. : an abnormal new formationneoplasm
2.a. : the one among several isomeric hydrocarbons that has been recently classified and contains at least one carbon atom connected directly with four other carbon atomsneohexane
b. : a new chemical compound isomeric with or otherwise related to the one to whose name it is prefixedneoarsphenamine
3. : the latest subdivision of a division of geologic timeNeopaleozoic
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var. of neo- esp. before a vowel: neencephalon.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.