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Word Unit: irido-, irid-, iri-, iris- + (Greek: iris [relating to the eye]; the rainbow; colored circle, colored portion of the eye [originally, "something bent or curved"]).

Related references to "eye" or "eye part" word families: blepharo-; core-; corneo-; eye, eyes; lenti-, lens-; lenticulo-; ocelli-; oculo-; op-, -optic; ophthalmo-; phaco-; pupillo-; retino-; uveo-.

Word Unit: iron-, ironi- (Greek > Latin > Old French > French: pretended ignorance ).

Word Unit: irrita- (Latin: to anger; to excite, to stimulate, to stir up, to provoke).

Word Unit: ischi-, ischio- + (Greek: hip, hip-joint, hip-bone; haunch).

Word Unit: ischo-, isch- + (Greek: check, stop, keep back, suppress; suppression).

Word Unit: -ise (Latin: a suffix; to act in a certain way; to treat in a certain way; to make into; to treat with; to do; to make; to cause).

Word Unit: -ism, -ismus (Greek: a suffix; belief in, practice of, condition of).

Word Unit: iso-, is- + (Greek: equal; by extension: same, similar, alike; normally used as a prefix).

Related-word units meaning same: auto-; equ-; homeo-; homo-; pari-; peer-; syn-; tauto-.

Word Unit: isopter- (Greek: termites).

Another termite unit: termit-.

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

Word Unit: -ist (Greek > Latin: a suffix; one who believes in; one who is engaged in).

Word Unit: isthm-, isthmo- + (Greek: narrow passage or ridge; narrow passage or strip [especially of bodily tissue] connecting two larger entities).

Word Unit: -ite + (Greek: a suffix; one connected with, inhabitant of [also used to indicate chemicals, minerals, etc.]).

Word Unit: itera-, iter- (Latin: again; to do over a second time, to repeat, to say again).

Word Unit: ithyo-, ithy- (Greek: straight).

Word Unit: itiner-, it-, -it (Latin: go, walk, way; travel, journey).

Word Unit: -itious (Latin: a suffix; tending to, characterized by).

Word Unit: -itis (Greek: a suffix; inflammation, burning sensation; by extension, disease associated with inflammation).

Word Unit: -ity (Latin: suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing act, state, quality, property, or condition corresponding to an adjective).

Word Unit: -ium + (Greek: a suffix; scientific names; names of metallic elements; a part, lining, or enveloping tissue, region; little; representing a diminutive force).

Word Unit: -ive (Latin: a suffix; tending to; of the quality of, inclined to).

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