-trice
variant of -trix.
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- -trich
a combining form meaning “one having hair” of the kind or number specified by the initial element; often used to name a single member of a taxonomic group ending in -tricha: heterotrich; hypotrich.
- -tricha
a combining form meaning “ones having hair” of the kind or number specified by the initial element, used in taxonomic names, especially in taxa of ciliated protozoans: chonotricha; spirotricha.
- -trichous
-trichous suff. having a specified kind of hair or hairlike part: peritrichous.
- -tripsy
-tripsy suff. a crushing: lithotripsy.
- -trix
a suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, where it formed feminine nouns or adjectives corresponding to agent nouns ending in -tor, (bellatrix). on this model, -trix, is used in english to form feminine nouns (aviatrix; executrix) and geometrical terms denoting straight lines (directrix). also, -trice. usage note -trix suffix indicating a feminine agent, corresponding to […]