tycho-, tych- +

(Greek: accident, chance, fortune, fate, providence)


atychiphobia
An excessive fear of failure because there are those who have no confidence in themselves or they fear ridicule by others.
dystychiphobia
The fear of accidents with such people who suffer this anxiety is that they might injure themselves or other people or damage property or the environment.

Accident phobics try to avoid risky jobs, atmospheric conditions, a tiring work schedule, and equipment failure.

The fear of accidents is related to a phobia of decision-making and a fear of making errors.

The difference between cowards and heroes is that cowards fear what they face, and heroes face what they fear.
—Dr. Mardy Grothe
tychastical results
The summation of what has been determined by investigating an accident; including, an industrial accident.
tychastics
The study of accidents; especially, industrial accidents.
Tyche
An ancient Greek goddess of fortune, chance, and accident.

Tyche was identified with the Roman goddess Fortuna and they both carried the cornucopia of plenty, the rudder of destiny, and the wheel of fortune.

tychemortia
An accidental death.

The tyche in this case is related to the mythological Greek goddess of "chance".

tychism
A theory that regards chance as an objective reality.

Coined by the U.S. Logician, mathematician, and physician, Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914).

tychite
A rare mineral. Coined from Greek Tyche; so called because it was discovered by chance.
tychoparthenogenesis
Exceptional, accidental, or occasional parthenogenesis, which is also located in this unit.
tychopelagic
A reference to organisms that are normally benthic, but which have been carried up into the water column by chance factors.
tychoplankton, tychoplanktont, tychoplanktonic
1. Periphytal organisms occasionally carried into the plankton by chance factors; such as, by a turbulence; they are also known as accidental plankton or pseudo-plankton.
2. Planktonic forms, particularly algae, that become accidentally entangled among mats of vegetation near the shore.
tychopotamic
1. A reference to aquatic organisms thriving in the still back waters of rivers and streams.
2. Pertaining to something that lives in fresh water.
3. Tychopotamic plankton are found in streams.

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "chance, luck, fate": aleato-; auspic-; cad-; fortu-; -mancy; serendipity; sorc-; temer-.


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