com- [co-, cog-, col-, con-, cor-]

(Latin: together, together with, with)

The prefix com- is assimilated to co- before h, w, and all vowels:

The prefix com- becomes, cog- before g: cognition, et al.

The prefix com- becomes, col- before l: colloquial, et al.

The prefix com- becomes, con- before c, d, g, j, n, q, s, t, v: covivant, et al.

The prefix com- becomes, cor- before r: corrigible, et al.


anticorrosive
bioconcentration, biological concentration
1. The uptake of a heavy metal or chemical compound; such as, a pesticide from the environment and its accumulation in the cells of living organisms as, in a particular part of a plant or animal body.
2. Any increase in the concentration of a chemical in a biological organism over time, compared to the chemical's concentration in the environment.
3. An increase in concentration of a pollutant from the environment to the first organism in a food chain.
coadjutant
1. A helper or assistant.
2. Mutually assisting or helping.
coadjuting
Mutually assisting.
coadjutor
1. A helper.
2. A bishop who assists a diocesan bishop.
coadjutorship, co-adjutorship
The state of a coadjutor; joint assistance.
coadjutress
A female coadjutor or assistant.
coadjutrix
A woman who is a coadjutor or assistant.
coagulate
1. To convert a fluid or a substance that is in a solution into a solid or gel.
2. To clot; to curdle; to change from a liquid to a solid or gel.
3. Etymology: from Middle French coaguler, from Ltin coagulatus, past participle of coagulare, "to cause to curdle"; from cogere, "to curdle, to collect"; from com-, "together" + agere "to drive".
coalesce, coalesced
1. To merge or cause things to merge into a single body or group; to fuse.
2. To come together so as to form one whole; unite: "The rebel units coalesced into one army to fight the invaders."
coalescence
1. The union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts.
2. The act or state of growing together, as with similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.
coalescent
1. To grow together; to fuse.
2 To come together so as to form one whole; to unite.
codefendant
coeducation
Education of both genders, or males and females.
coequate
To make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching with someone or something else.

Related "together" units: greg-; inter-; struct-.


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