concho-, conch-, conchi- +
(Greek > Latin: shell, sea shells; shell-like bone or cavity of the body)
A kind of spiral curve as seen in sea shells; a conical spiral: In biology, conchospirals are used to model snail shells and even flight paths of insects.
Conchostraca (pl) (noun)
A former order in the Class Branchiopoda: The group of Conchostraca includes the clam shrimp, or claw shrimp, that has a two-parted shell like that of a bivalve mollusk.
Any one of a variety of punch forceps designed for removing portions of the nasal conchae; turbinitome: In medical school, Mark learned about the conchotome, a tool used to take samples of muscle for a biopsy.
Incision of one of the nasal conchae, for example, of the inferior concha: Susan had a disorder in her nose that required a conchotomy, or nasal concha.
A conchotomy is a resection of part of a concha.
conchylaceous (adjective), more conchylaceous, most conchylaceous
Resembling, or of the nature of shells: Linda's necklace seemed to be of a conchylaceous quality, bearing the color and shapes of shells.
Outdated, a shell-fish, a conch.The tterm conchyle was used in English between 1610 and 1705, and today it is used in specialized etymology or in constructed languages like Interlingua.
The shell of a mollusk: The word conchylium is normally used in natural history, paleontology, and in scientific collection.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; coelio-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.
