Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-idium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: -id-i-um
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

4

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants.

suffix

Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants.

suffix

Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants.

suffix

Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants.

suffix

cellular compartments

Example Sentences

"basidium, spermidium, planidium, meconidium, glochidium"
"scolopidium, ommatidium, (not arthropodan) sphaeridium"
"stethidium, chilidium, limbidium, phyllidium, gonidium"
"ctenidium, taenidium"
"chromidium, cytoophidium"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ίδιον (-ídion, “diminutive”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: -ίδιον

Derived Forms

gnathidium nephridium

Frequently Paired Words

soredium isidium ascidium aecidium

Questions

What does -idium mean?: Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants.
Where does -idium come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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