word-forming element meaning "hairless; leafless; naked," from combining form of Latin nudus "naked, bare, stripped," from PIE root *nogw- "naked" (see naked).
nucleotide
nucleus
nuclide
nude
nudge
nudi-
nudibranch
nudie
nudification
nudism
nudist
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