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dis⋅cus

  [dis-kuhs]
–noun, plural dis⋅cus⋅es, dis⋅ci  [dis-ahy] .
1. a circular disk more than 7 in. (18 cm) in diameter and 2.2 lb. (1 kg) in weight, usually wooden with a metal rim and thicker in the center than at the edge, for throwing for distance in athletic competition.
2. the sport of throwing this disk for distance.
Origin:
1650–60; < L < Gk dískos a quoit, discus, disk, deriv. of diskeîn to throw

disco-

 
1. a combining form representing disk or disc in compound words: discifloral.
2. a combining form meaning “phonograph record”, used in the formation of compound words: discography.
Also, disci-; especially before a vowel, disc-.
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discus 
1656, from L. discus "discus, disk," from Gk. diskos "disk, quoit, platter."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: disci
plural of DISCUS

Main Entry: dis·cus
Pronunciation: 'dis-k&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural dis·ci /-"kI, -kE/
: anyof various rounded and flattened anatomical structures
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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disco- or disc- or disci-
pref.
Disk: discoid.

discus dis·cus (dĭs'kəs)
n. pl. dis·ci (dĭs'kī', dĭs'ī')
A flat circular surface; a disk.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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