See Also: nemathecium(medicine)
nemathecium(dictionary)

Negroid (iou) and nemathecium (iou)


Negroid (iou)



Negroid adjective & noun. Also negroid. Now considered racially offensive. M19.
[from NEGRO + -OID.]
A. adjective. Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of black people. M19.
b. noun. A black person. M19.
Ne'groidal adjective (now rare) L19.

nemathecium (iou)



nemathecium noun. . M19.
[from Greek nema thread + theke container: see -IUM.]
Botany. A warty protuberance in certain red algae, usu. containing tetraspores.
nemathecial adjective L19.