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drom(o)-

Movement; speed.

Greek dromas, dromad‑, runner.

This appears in dromedary, an Arabian camel, especially one of a light and swift breed trained for riding or racing; an agent that is dromotropic influences the speed of conduction of electrical impulses, say to the heart; someone with dromomania has a pathological impulse to roam or run.

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