theco-, thec-, the-, theca-, theci-, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecium, -theca, -thec, -thecal, -thecial, -thecae, -thecas, -thecs, -tecs

Referring to a theca.

A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae (enclosing organs, capsule, or sheath; for example, the spore case of a moss or the horny covering of the pupa of an insect.

Having the spores in thecae, or cases.

A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules.

Inflammation of a tendon sheath; also, tenosynovitis.

Any one of a group of lizards of the Gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.

A group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.

A “socket-toothed lizard” from Late Triassic west-central England (near Bristol), and maybe South Africa and northeast Australia. This creature was formerly known as Hortalotarsus. Named by S. H. Riley and Samuel Stutchbury in 1836.

1. That which is placed; a placing, a setting; hence a "proposition".
2. A case in which to put something.
3. From Greek root of tithenai "to put down, to place".
4. The subject of a discourse, discussion, piece of writing, or artistic composition.
5. A melody that is repeated, often with variations, throughout a piece of music.

Having the teeth inserted in sockets or alveoli (bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth).

The surgical excision of the tympanic plexus for relief of tinnitus (ringing in the ears).