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Topic: ELEMENTS

Language: Old French
Origin: Latin, from Greek, from hydor 'water'

hydro-

 prefix
     
hydro-
1 relating to water, or using water:
hydroelectricity (=produced by water power)
hydrotherapy (=treatment of disease using water)
2HCE relating to hydrogen, or containing it:
hydrocarbons
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