See Also: Podo-(medicine)
podo-(dictionary)
podo(dictionary)

podo- (iou)



podo- combining form. Before a vowel pod-.
[Greek, combining form of pod-, pous foot: see -O-.]
Of or pertaining to a foot or feet, or a footlike structure.
podocyte noun (Anatomy) each of the epithelial cells which envelop the capillaries in a kidney glomerulus, having many irregular processes which interlock with those of the other cells to form the outer layer of the filtering apparatus M20.
podo'cytic adjective (Anatomy) of, pertaining to, or designating a podocyte or podocytes M20.
podomere noun (Zoology) each of the sections of a segmented leg or other appendage of an animal, esp. an arthropod E20.
podoscaph noun (now rare) [Greek skaphos ship] (a) a canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, or a pair of these, for moving on water; (b) a boat propelled by treadles: L19.
podo'theca noun (Zoology) the scaly sheath covering the legs and feet of a bird or reptile L19.
podo'thecal adjective of, pertaining to, or designating a podetheca L19.