Theca is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 81 anagrams from letters in theca (aceht).
1655-65; Latin thēca, from Greek thḗkē “case, cover,” akin to tithénai “to place, put”
Horizontal plates or floors found in some Corals, extending across the cavity of the "theca" from side to side.
The costae, longitudinal ribs or rows of spines on the outer surface of the theca.
The pear-shaped body is encased in a theca formed by a number of polygonal plates, and is attached by its narrow end.
This theca grows in the direction of the apex of the sicula, to which it adheres by its dorsal wall.
These constituted the arms (brachia), and five definite radial plates of the theca were specialized for their support.
This elastic ring is a continuation of the stalk of the theca, which always bursts on the opposite side.
A chronic inflammatory involvement of a theca through which an important tendon plays may cause adhesions to form.
In addition to aspirating synovia, the introduction of equal parts of alcohol and tincture of iodin into the theca is necessary.
The theca became sessile, and in its later developments much flattened (fig. 11).
But in Greek theca (, θήκη) is a place to put something, a receptacle.
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