ne-

combining form or neo-

Etymology: Greek, from neos new — more at new

1.

a. : new : recent

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 hyphen

neo-Chippendale

Neo-Darwinism

Neo-Latin

Neo-platonism

c. : of recent forms — opposed to pale-

neobotanist

neobotany

neontology

d. : neozoic — opposed to pale-

Neocrinoidea

Neolithic

e. : imitation : pseudo

f. : the New World

Nearctic

Neotropical

g. : an immature form

neofetus

h. : a more recently developed part (as of a plant or animal)

neomorph

i. : an abnormal new formation

neoplasm

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 atoms

neohexane

— compare is-, normal 10e

b. : a new chemical compound isomeric with or otherwise related to the one to whose name it is prefixed

neoarsphenamine

3. : the latest subdivision of a division of geologic time

Neopaleozoic

— distinguished from mes- and eo-

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var. of neo- esp. before a vowel: neencephalon.