See Also: quadri-(medicine)
quadri-(dictionary)
quadri-(dictionary)

quadri- (iou)



quadri- combining form.
[Latin, combining form of quattuor four: see -I-.]
Having four, fourfold.
quadricen'tennial adjective & noun (a) adjective consisting of or pertaining to a period of four centuries; (b) noun a four-hundredth anniversary: L19.
quadricycle noun a four-wheeled cycle L19.
quadri'dentate adjective (a) Botany & Zoology having four toothlike projections or notches; (b) Chemistry (of a ligand) forming four separate bonds; (of a complex) formed by such a ligand: M18.
quadrifid adjective (Botany & Zoology) divided into four parts by deep clefts or notches M17.
quadri'foliate adjective (Botany) consisting of four leaves M19.
quadriform adjective having four forms or aspects M17.
qua'drigamist noun (rare) a person who has four spouses at once M17.
quadri'lingual adjective using or able to use four languages; in four languages: L19.
quadri'locular adjective (Botany) having four loculi or compartments L18.
qua'drilogy noun a tetralogy M19.
quadri'nomial adjective (rare) consisting of four (algebraic) terms E18.
quadri'pinnate adjective (Botany) having four pinnae L19.
quadrisyllable adjective & noun (a word) consisting of four syllables M17.
quadritu'berculate adjective (of a tooth) having four cusps M19.
quadri'voltine adjective (of a moth) producing four broods in a year L19.