combining form
or neo-
Etymology: Greek, from neos new — more at new
1.
a. : new : recent
neo logism
neo phyte
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-
neo botanist
neo botany
ne ontology
d. : neozoic — opposed to pale-
Neo crinoidea
Neo lithic
e. : imitation : pseudo
f. : the New World
Ne arctic
Neo tropical
g. : an immature form
neo fetus
h. : a more recently developed part (as of a plant or animal)
neo morph
i. : an abnormal new formation
neo plasm
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
neo hexane
— compare is- , normal 10e
b. : a new chemical compound isomeric with or otherwise related to the one to whose name it is prefixed
neo arsphenamine
3. : the latest subdivision of a division of geologic time
Neo paleozoic
— distinguished from mes- and eo-