Taber's Medical Dictionary
-phore, -phor
[L. -phorus, fr Gr. -phoros, bearing]
Suffixes meaning bearer of, e.g., chromatophore, conidiophore.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-phore, -phor." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760804/all/_phor.
-phore, -phor. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760804/all/_phor. Accessed April 30, 2026.
-phore, -phor. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760804/all/_phor
-phore, -phor [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 30]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/760804/all/_phor.
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