-nema

DEFINITION of nema

thread (worm)

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ETYMOLOGY of nema

greek

Component	Origin	Meaning
nema / nemat-	Greek νῆμα (nêma), from νήματος (nêmatos)	“thread,” “strand,” “thread-like” — anatomical/morphological combining form denoting thread-like or filamentous structures

The word entered English in the 1830s as nematode (noun), borrowed from Modern Latin nematodeus, from Greek νῆμα (nêma) — literally “thread” or “thread-like.” The term nematocyst appeared in the 1900s, and nematosis in the 1920s. The root nêma (“thread, strand”) connects nema to the entire filament and thread roots: nematode (nema + -ode $\to$ thread-like animal/worm), nematocyst (nema + kystis $\to$ thread-like stinging capsule), and nematosis (nema + -osis $\to$ condition of thread-like growth or infection). The combining form nema is productive in parasitology, entomology, and zoology: e.g., nematodiasis, nematogenous, nematocyst, and filament (cf. Latin filum, cognate concept).

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