-cide, -cides, -cidal +
(Latin: a suffix; kill, killer; murder, to cause death, slayer; cutter; “to cut down”)
Don’t confuse this element with the another -cide that means “to cut”; although -cide, “death”, is related to -cise, -cide, “to cut down”.
regicide, regicidism, regicidal
1. The killing of a king; especially, someone who kills his/her own king.
2. Someone who commits the crime of regicide.
rodenticide, rodenticidal
The killing of rodents or an agent (poison) that is used to kill rodents.
scabicide, scabieticide
The killing of organisms that cause scabies.
schistosomacide, schistosomicide
The killing of schistosomes or blood flukes.
schizonticide
The killing of malarial parasites.
senicide, senicidal
The killing of the old men of a tribe, etc.
serpenticide
The killing of serpents.
silvicide, silvicidal
A substance that kills trees or forests.
socrucide, socrucidal
1. The act of killing the mother of one’s spouse.
2. Archaic: the act of killing the father of one’s spouse.
3. Someone who kills the mother of his or her spouse.
4. Etymology: from Latin socrus; originally, "mother- or father-in-law", but it was restricted to "mother-in-law" by classical times.
sororicide, sororicidal
1. The murder of a sister.
2. Someone who kills his or her sister.
spirillicide
An agent that is destructive to spirilla (spiral or curved bacteria).
spirocheticide, spirochaeticide
1. The killing of spirochetes, a type of parasitical bacteria.
2. An agent destructive to spirochetes.
sporicide, sporicidal
The killing of spores.
staphylocide, staphylococcide, staphylococcicide
The killing of organisms that cause staph infections.
streptococcicide
The killing of streptococci, a type of bacteria.
Related "death, dead; kill" units:
lethal-;
mort-;
neci-;
necro-;
phono-;
thanato-.
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