olig-, oligo-

(Greek: prefix; scanty, little, meager, tiny, infrequent; abnormally few or small)

oligonucleotides
A compound made up of the condensation of a small number of nucleotides.
oligo-ovulation
A reduction in the number of oocytes maturing or in the frequency of ovulation.
oligopela
A lake bottom deposit which contains very little clay.
oligopelic
1. A reference to an area, substrate, or habitat containing small amounts of clay.
2. Property of a lake bottom deposit which contains very little clay.
oligopepsia
A state of insufficient digestion.
oligophage
1. Utilizing only a small variety of food species.
2. Eating only certain foods or a very limited range of preferred food items.
oligophagous
1. A reference to eating limited, or certain kinds, of foods.
2. Having a limited choice of food preferences; such as, a parasite with few acceptable hosts.
oligophagy
oligophasia
oligophrenia
1. Less than normal mental development.
2. Mental retardation; subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period and is associated with impairment of one or more of the following: maturation, learning, social adjustment.
oligophrenic
A reference to mental retardation.
oligoplasmia
An abnormal reduction in the amount of plasma in the blood.
oligoplastic
Possessing an abnormally reduced capacity for repair.
oligopole
oligopolist, oligopolists
Someone who is part of a small number of producers or sellers.

Related "few, small, less, little" word units: micro-; mini-; mio-, meio-; nano-.