See Also: therencephalous(medicine)

biont (iou) and therencephalous (medicine)


biont (iou)



-biont suffix.
[Extracted from SYMBIONT.]
Biology. Forming nouns denoting kinds of living organism, esp. with ref. to particular modes of life, as halobiont, parabiont, trophobiont, freq. after adjectives in -biotic.

therencephalous (medicine)


therencephalous


Denoting a skull in which the angle at the hormion, formed by lines converging from the inion and nasion, measures from 116°to 129?

Origin: G. Ther, wild beast, + enkephalos, brain