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Definition of neo-
1a : new : recent
Neogene
b : new and different period or form of
Neoplatonism : in a new and different form or manner
Neoplatonic
c : New World
Nearctic Neotropical
d : new and abnormal
neoplasm
2 : new chemical compound isomeric with or otherwise related to (such) a compound
neostigmine
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