Lepto- Definition

leptō, leptə
prefix
Slender; thin; fine.
Leptocephalus.
American Heritage
affix
Thin, fine, slender.
Leptodactylous.
Webster's New World

Origin of Lepto-

  • Greek from leptos fine, thin from lepein to peel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Gr lepto- < leptos, thin: see lepton

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Lepto- Sentence Examples

  • In lepto and micro forms both aecidiospores and uredospores are absent, the sporidia producing a mycelium which gives rise directly to teleutospores; in the lepto forms the teleutospores can germinate directly, in the micro forms only after a period of rest.

  • We have thus a series showing a progressive reduction in the complexity of the life-history, the lepto and micro forms having a life-history like that of the Basidiomycetes.

  • In the hemi, brachy, micro and lepto forms, which possess no aecidium, we find that the association takes place at various points in the ordinary mycelium but always A, Portion of a young aecidium.

  • All the forms have the same life-history as the lepto forms of that group, so that there is no longer any trace of sexual organs.

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