juxta-a word element meaning 'near', 'close to', 'beside'.
[combining form representing Latin juxtā (preposition and adverb)]1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 721*Juxta-ampullary or peri-ampullary carcinoma.
1900 Dorland Med. Dict. ,*Juxta-articular.
1910 Castellani & Chalmers Man. Trop. Med. lviii. 1137 (heading)Juxta-articular nodules.
1940 Q. Bull. NorthwesternUniv. Med. Sch. XIV. 270/1Juxta-articular nodes are non-inflammatory, painless, fibrous, subcutaneous growths.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 14 Mar. 3/3Caves that are subterranean and *juxta-marine.
1876 Trans. Clin. Soc. IX. 190There was no loss of lung-note between the scapulæ nor in the *juxta-spinal regions.
1875 Poste Gaius ii. (ed. 2) §148*Juxta-tabular possession..if defeasible by an adverse claimant, is ineffective. [ = secundum tabulas]
ORIGIN: Repr. Latin juxta adverb & preposition.
juxta-
combining form
Etymology: Latin juxta, adverb & preposition, near, nearby — more at joust
: situated near
< juxta-articular >
< juxtamedullary >
< juxta-articular >
< juxtamedullary >
juxta-
Prefix
- non-productive or restricted in use Near to, alongside, next to.
Etymology
Representing Latin iuxta (“alongside”).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with juxta-