stauro-, staur- (Greek: upright stake; hence, "rood, cross"; cross-shaped, crosslike, crossed).Rood comes from Old English and means, "rod, pole; measure of land; cross". staurion:
In medicine, a craniometric point at the intersection of the median and transverse palatine sutures.
staurogamy:
In biology, cross fertilization or the union of male and female gametes from different individuals of the same species.
staurolatrian:
One who worships the cross.
staurolatry:
The worship of the cross or of the figure of Christ on the cross. Historically it is not a complimentary term. This was a post-Reformation (Protestant) term of reproach mingled with contempt that was applied to the Roman Catholic veneration of the crucifix.
staurolite, staurolitic:
Literally, "cross-stone"; a reddish-brown or black mineral of iron and magnesium that occurs as prismatic crystals in metamorphic rocks, often in a cross shape. It is used as a gemstone that often forms twin crystals in the shape of a cross. The term metamorphism refers to a change in the physical structure of rock that results from long-term heat and pressure; especially a change that increases the rock's hardness and crystalline structure.
staurology:
A science or doctrine of the cross (crucifix).
stauromania:
An abnormal veneration of the crucifix (cross) and for what it represents.
stauropegion, stauropegial:
In the Eastern Church, a reference to a church or monastery directly subject to the patriarch rather than to the bishop of the diocese; so named because in each there was a cross sent by the patriarch that was erected as a sign.
staurophobia:
An abnormal fear, or hatred, of the crucifix and what it represents.
staurophyll:
A leaf having palisade [arrangement of apposed stake-like elongated cellular structures] or other compact tissue.
stauroscope:
An instrument for determining the position of the planes of vibrations in crystals.
staurosore:
A cross-shaped or a triquetrous [three-cornered] spore.
staurotos:
Cruciform; in the form of a cross.
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