-idium — English Dictionary

Suffix

1. Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants. reproductive organs, gametes, and early life stages

   Usage

   • morpheme

   Examples

   basidium, spermidium, planidium, meconidium, glochidium

2. Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants. sensory organs, mainly of arthropods

   Usage

   • morpheme

   Examples

   scolopidium, ommatidium, (not arthropodan) sphaeridium

3. Forms names of body parts, mainly of invertebrate animals, fungi and plants. various segments (arthropods) and functional processes

   Usage

   • morpheme

   Examples

   stethidium, chilidium, limbidium, phyllidium, gonidium

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

   Usage

   • morpheme

   Examples

   ctenidium, taenidium

5. cellular compartments

   Usage

   • morpheme

   Examples

   chromidium, cytoophidium