theco-, thec-, the-, theca-, theci-, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecium, -theca, -thec, -thecal, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecs, -tecs (Greek > Latin: case, capsule, sheath, container, receptacle [also: a placing, a setting, a putting]; "a place where" something is kept)
pinacotheca
podotheca
podotheca, podothecal
The scaly leg-covering of a bird or reptile; also, the sheath covering the leg of an insect.
procurator bibliothecarum
Director of libraries.
pseudothecium
pterotheca
rheotheca
rhinotheca
The horny sheath of the upper jaw in birds.
sarcotheca
schizothecal
sickle cell dactylitis
Painful swelling of the feet and hands during the first several years of life in children with sickle cell anemia.
spermatheca
sporotheca
tetrathecal
Having four loculaments (cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged), or thecae: a case, covering, or sheath; such as, the pollen sac of an anther, the spore case of a moss, or the outer covering of the pupa of certain insects.
theca (s), thecae (pl)
1. A case, covering, receptacle, or sheath; such as, the pollen sac of an anther, the spore case of a moss, or the outer covering of the pupa of certain insects.
2. The outer covering of the cocoon of certain insects.
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