Meaning of -idium | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants.
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2. reproductive organs, gametes, and early life stages
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3. sensory organs, mainly of arthropods
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4. various segments (arthropods) and functional processes
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5. respiratory organs
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6. cellular compartments
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Examples

“basidium, spermidium, planidium, meconidium, glochidium”

“scolopidium, ommatidium, (not arthropodan) sphaeridium”

“stethidium, chilidium, limbidium, phyllidium, gonidium”

“ctenidium, taenidium”

“chromidium, cytoophidium”

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