Definition of theca

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Theca (n.) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.

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Theca :: Theca (n.) The wall forming a calicle of a coral.
Monothecal :: Monothecal (a.) Having a single loculament.
Pharmacy :: Pharmacy (n.) The art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs, and of compounding and dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist..
Hierotheca :: Hierotheca (n.) A receptacle for sacred objects.
Athecata :: Athecata (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian..
Glyptotheca :: Glyptotheca (n.) A building or room devoted to works of sculpture.
Rhinothecae :: Rhinothecae (pl. ) of Rhinothec.
Potecary :: Potecary (n.) An apothecary.
Sertularian :: Sertularian (n.) Any species of Sertularia, or of Sertularidae, a family of hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae. Also used adjectively..
Rhamphothecae :: Rhamphothecae (pl. ) of Rhamphothec.
Officinal :: Officinal (a.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.
Epitheca :: Epitheca (n.) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals..
Vagina :: Vagina (n.) The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca..
Pharmacopolist :: Pharmacopolist (n.) One who sells medicines; an apothecary.
Bibliothecary :: Bibliothecary (n.) A librarian.
Apothecary :: Apothecary (n.) One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.
Theca :: Theca (n.) A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord..
Pyxidium :: Pyxidium (n.) The theca of mosses.
Exotheca :: Exotheca (n.) The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costae of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa..
Tetrathecal :: Tetrathecal (a.) Having four loculaments, or thecae..
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