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crypto- definition

crypto- (krip′tō, -tə)

  1. secret or hidden cryptogram
  2. being such secretly and not by public avowal a crypto-Fascist

Etymology: < Gr kryptos: see crypt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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