cleido-, cleid-, clido-, clid-

(Greek: key; a means of locking or a thing that locks [or unlocks] a door; a key, bar, or hook; a combining form that denotes the clavicle or collarbone)


cleidal
cleidarthritis
cleidocostal
cleidocranial (adjjective) (not comparable)
Relating to the collar bone and to the cranium (bones of the skull which contain the brain): In medical school, Jeff learned about cleidocranial disorders affecting the bones in the skull and the clavicle.
cleidohumeral
cleidohyoid
cleidomancy, clidomancy (s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination by use of a key or keys: A form of radiesthesia is cleidomancy in which a dangling keys is seen as a pendulum and then interpreted by its swinging motion.
cleidomastoid
The collar bone which articulates with the shoulder on one end and the sternum (breast bone) on the other combined to form the sternocleidomastoid which is one of two muscles located on the front of the neck that serve to turn the head from side to side.
cleidorrhexis
cleidoscapular
cleidosternal
cleidotomy
cleidotripsy
The intentional crushing of the fetal clavicle in order to allow delivery of the shoulders.