idio- +
(Greek: peculiar, one's own, personal, private; of or pertaining to one's self, distinct, separate, alone)
idioagglutinin
An agglutinin that occurs naturally in the blood of a person or an animal, without the injection of a stimulating antigen or the passive transfer of an antibody.
idiobiology
The branch of biology concerned with the study of organisms as individuals or the study of individual organisms.
idioblast
1. A specialized plant cell that differs considerably from others in the same area of tissue. An idioblast is usually thick-walled and lacks chlorophyll.
2. An isolated cell differing in form, in contents, or in wall structure, from neighboring cells.
idiocaucasian
Peculiar to the white race.
idiochlotic
Peculiar to a particular group of people.
idiochromatic
Having a distinctive and constant coloration, used especially of minerals.
idiocracy
Personal rule or government.
idiocrasy
Peculiarity of constitution; idiosyncrasy.
idiocy
1. Extreme lack of intelligence or foresight.
2. An extremely unintelligent or thoughtless act.
3. An offensive term in a now disused classification system for mental disability.
idiodynamic
Independently active.
idiodynamics
A system of beliefs in psychology emphasizing the role of the personality in choosing stimuli and in organizing responses.
idiogamist
A reference to a man who can perform sexually only with his wife or a limited number of partners, being impotent with other women.
idiogamous
In biology, self-fertilization.
idiogamy
A state of being sexually potent with just a few women and impotent with others.
idiogenesis, idiogenetic
Spontaneous origin (as of a disease).
Cross references of word families related to: "individual, personal":
pecu-;
privat-, priv-.
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