spodo-, spod-
(Greek: ashes; waste materials)
2. A reference to other types of ash; such as, the scrapings from the inside of a furnace.
3. Bone charcoal; especially, spent bone black from sugar factories used in making superphosphate.
2. Pertaining to or caused by waste materials in an organ.
2. A photograph or diagram picturing the distribution of mineral ash of a cell or tissue section following microincineration.
2. The microincineration of a cell or tissue section for the study of the distribution of nonvolatile mineral ash.
According to a Middle Ages method, hollow, oblong cinders were known as "coffins", indicating a coming death in the family. Oval cinders, called "cradles", were indicative of the advent of a child. Round cinders, called "purses", indicated prosperity, and heart-shaped ones were the sign of a lover.
In Scotland it was said that if a clot of soot fell down the chimney during a wedding breakfast, it was a portent of bad luck for the newlywed couple.
Cross references of word groups that are related, directly, indirectly, or partly to: "fire, burn, glow, or ashes": ars-, ard-; -bust; cand-, cend-; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; ether-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; gehenna-; ign-; phleg-; phlog-; pyreto-, -pyrexia; pyr-; volcan-.