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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Proto-  \Pro"to-\  [Gr.  prw^tos  first  a  superl.  fr  pro`  before 
  See  {Pro-}.] 
  1.  A  combining  form  prefix  signifying  first  primary, 
  primordial;  as  protomartyr,  the  first  martyr; 
  protomorphic,  primitive  in  form  protoplast,  a  primordial 
  organism;  prototype,  protozoan. 
 
  2.  (Chem.) 
  a  Denoting  the  first  or  lowest  of  a  series,  or  the  one 
  having  the  smallest  amount  of  the  element  to  the  name 
  of  which  it  is  prefixed;  as  protoxide,  protochloride 
  etc 
  b  Sometimes  used  as  equivalent  to  mono-,  as  indicating 
  that  the  compound  has  but  one  atom  of  the  element  to 
  the  name  of  which  it  is  prefixed.  Also  used 
  adjectively. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  proto 
  adj  :  (combining  form)  indicating  the  first  or  earliest  or 
  original;  "`proto'  is  a  combining  form  in  a  word  like 
  `protolanguage'  that  refers  to  the  hypothetical 
  ancestor  of  another  language  or  group  of  languages" 
  [syn:  {proto(a)}] 




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