Cata- (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

  1. a prefix meaning “down,” “against,” “back,” occurring originally in loanwords from Greek (cataclysm; catalog; catalepsy); on this model, used in the formation of other compound words (catagenesis; cataphyll).
prefix
  1. down; downwards; lower in position
  2. indicating reversal, opposition, degeneration, etc
Cata- (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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