combining form, on Greek models, of L. vitreus VITREOUS a., employed in a few special terms having little or no currency.
1828–32. Webster, Vitreo-electric, containing or exhibiting positive electricity, or that which is excited by rubbing glass.
c. 1840. Encycl. Metrop. (1845), VI. 496. Lustre [of thraulite] vitreo-resinous.
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., 2713/2. Vitreograph, a photograph on glass.
1891. Cent. Dict., s.v., Vitreo-dentinal, -dentine.
