xys- +

Shredded, sloughed intestinal mucosal tissue in the stool.

1. A long and open portico, for athletic exercises; such as, wrestling, running, etc., for use in winter or in stormy weather.
2. In ancient Greek and Roman architecture, a covered portico; such as, a promenade.
3. In an ancient Roman villa, a garden walk planted with trees.

1. Ancient Greek officer in charge of gymnastic exercises.
2. An office, having the superintendence of the xyst.

A surgical instrument, or instruments, similar to a file, which is used to abrade (scrape) bone and other firm tissues.

Dark brown or reddish-brown crab spiders often existing on weeds or trees.

The genus name is derived from the ancient Greek root xyst-, "scraped, scraper".

A short pike used by Greek cavalry.

A pike is a sharp point; such as, that at the end of a spear.

A gymnasium at Elis where runners and pentathletes trained one month prior to the start of the ancient Olympic games.

Elis was a region and city of ancient Greece in the western Peloponnesus. The plain of Olympia, in the southern part of the area, was the site of the original Olympic Games.

An architectural term.

It can refer to a wall, a promenade, an alley, or an open path. It may also refer to an atrium (open space in a building), ambulacrum (walk planted with trees), or parvis (enclosed area) in front of a basilica (Roman public building).

1. A long and open portico for athletic exercises in Greek and Roman antiquity.
2. A covered portico or gallery where the athletes exercised in the winter.

A reference to "a polished course" or "a race"; "to scrape, to scratch, to polish"; so called in allusion to the polished floor of the portico.