-idium

短语

suf. 构词成分, 用以构成动物学、生物学、植物学、解剖学、化学名称中]表示“小的东西”：peridium

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

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

    reproductive organs, gametes, and early life stages

    basidium, spermidium, planidium, meconidium, glochidium

  2. 2.

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

    sensory organs, mainly of arthropods

    scolopidium, ommatidium, (not arthropodan) sphaeridium

  3. 3.

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

    various segments (arthropods) and functional processes

    stethidium, chilidium, limbidium, phyllidium, gonidium

  4. 4.

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

    respiratory organs

    ctenidium, taenidium

  5. 5.

    cellular compartments

    chromidium, cytoophidium

词源

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

来源：wiktionary