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-idium
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Translingual
Etymology
mul :lbor grc:-ίδιον
From mul grc -ίδιον diminutive.
Suffix
mul suffix n
Used to form a taxonomic name, usually of a genus, by suffixation to an existing genus name; a diminutive
Derived terms
mul -idium
English
Etymology
From en grc -ίδιον diminutive.
Suffix
Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants.
en most common reproductive organs, gametes, and early life stages
en basidium, spermidium, planidium, meconidium, glochidium
sensory organs, mainly of arthropods
en scolopidium, ommatidium, (not arthropodan) sphaeridium
various segments (arthropods) and functional processes
en stethidium, chilidium, limbidium, phyllidium, gonidium
respiratory organs
en ctenidium, taenidium
en marginal cellular compartments
en chromidium, cytoophidium
Derived terms
en
en gnathidium
en nephridium
See also
en soredium
en isidium
en ascidium
en aecidium