anthraco-

English

Alternative forms

• anthrac- (before a vowel)

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin anthracites, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax), whence also Latin anthrax, whence English anthrax (because the black eschars of that disease are named for their resemblance to coals).

Prefix

anthraco-

1. (organic chemistry) Alternative form of anthra- (for derivatives of anthracene).
2. (medicine) Coal.
3. Charcoal.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with anthraco-

Related terms

• anthracite
• anthrax (etymologically related but semantically never overlapping; no anthraco-derived English terms have reference to anthrax)
• semianthracite

Anagrams

• acanthor, at anchor