See Also: ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM(law)
orcho-(dictionary)
ultimum moriens(medicine)
SUPPLICIUM, civil law(law)

orcho- (iou) and ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM (law)


orcho- (iou)



orcho- combining form. Before a vowel orch-.
[Greek orkho- combining form of orkhis testicle: see -O-. Cf. ORCHID-, ORCHIO-.]
Medicine. = ORCHID- 2.
orchitis noun inflammation of a testicle L18.
or'chotomy noun [cf. Greek orkhotomia castration] = ORCHIDOTOMY M18.

ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM (law)


ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM. The last or extreme punishment; the penalty of death.