See Also: pluri-(medicine)
pluri-(dictionary)
pluri-valued(dictionary)

pluri- (iou)



pluri- combining form.
[from Latin plur-, plus more, pl. plures several: see -I-.]
Several, more than one.
pluridisci'plinary adjective having or consisting of several disciplines or branches of learning; interdisciplinary: L20.
pluriform adjective having a variety of forms, views etc.; multiform: L20.
pluri'formity noun multiformity, variety of form M20.
pluri'lingual adjective & noun (a) adjective knowing or using many languages, written in many languages, multilingual; (b) a plurilingual person: M20.
pluri'lingualism noun the state or practice of knowing or using many languages L20.
pluri'literal adjective & noun (Semitic Grammar) (a) adjective containing more than three letters in the root; (b) noun a root consisting of more than three letters: E19.
pluri'locular adjective (Biology) containing many cavities or cells E19.
pluri'modal adjective consisting of or involving more than one mode M20.
pluri'parity noun multiparity L19.
plu'riparous adjective (a) = MULTIPAROUS 1; (b) = MULTIPAROUS 2: L15.
pluri'presence noun presence in more than one place at the same time L18.
pluriseg'mental adjective (a) Physiology involving nerves from more than one segment of the spinal column; (b) Linguistics (rare) = SUPRASEGMENTAL adjective: L19.
pluri'serial adjective consisting of or arranged in several series or rows L19.
pluri'seriate adjective pluriserial L19.
pluri'syllable noun a word of two or more syllables E20.
plurisy'llabic adjective having two or more syllables, polysyllabic M20.
pluri'valent adjective (esp. in Cytology) multivalent E20.