podo-, pod-, -poda, -pod, -pode, -podium, -podia, -podial, -podous, -pody +
(Greek: foot, feet)
apod
Footless, term applied to certain birds, fish, and reptiles, in which feet or ventral fins are either wholly absent or merely rudimentary.
apodal, apodia, apodous, apody
1. Footless; of fish, lacking the ventral fin.
2. A batrachian belonging to the order Apoda, a group of the Cecilians.
3. In medicine, congenital absence of feet.
arthropod, Artkhropoda, arthropodal
Animals with jointed feet; a name for the more highly organized Annulosa or Articulata, comprising insects, spiders, crustacea, and myriapoda, having segmented bodies to which hollow jointed appendages (antenna, wings, legs) are articulated in pairs.
asthenopodia
A condition in which one has weak feet.
atelopodia
The imperfect development of the foot.
bipod
A two-legged support or structure; especially, one for a light machine-gun.
brachiopod
A bivalve mollusc distinguished by having, on each side of the mouth, a long spiral arm, used in procuring food; literally, "arm-foot".
brachymetapody
Apparent shortness of toes or fingers resulting from shortness or hypoplasia of the metacarpals or metatarsals.
brachypodous
Having abnormally short feet.
bradypod
Slow-footed; a member of the family of edentate mammal quadruped represented by the sloth.
cheiropodalgia, chiropodalgia
Pain in the hands and in the feet.
cheiropodist
In biology, of or belonging to the Cheiropoda; having feet like hands.
chiropodist
One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; now usually restricted to one who treats corns and bunions.
chiropodology
A treatise on corns, warts, defective nails, etc., on feet or hands.
chiropody, chiropodous
The art of treating corns, warts, defective nails, etc., on feet or hands; especially, corn cutting.
Related "foot, feet" units:
melo-;
ped-;
planta-;
-pus.
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