Home › Words › P › phragmosisphragmosisphragmosis · noun — positioning behind a barrier (or down a hole, etc.) as a means of defense.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, phragmosis ranks #6,755 of 43,057 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom phragmo- + -osis.nounPositioning behind a barrier (or down a hole, etc.) as a means of defense.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.phragmosomal 65% match — Of or relating to a phragmosome. vs phragmosis →phragmosporous 63% match — Relating to, or containing phragmospores vs phragmosis →phragma 62% match — A septum, especially on the wall of the thorax of an insect. vs phragmosis →phragmosome 57% match — A sheet of cytoplasm forming in highly vacuolated plant cells in preparation for mitosis. vs phragmosis →sphragis 54% match — A mating plug in the genital opening of a female, formed from a waxy secretion deposited by a male during mating. vs phragmosis →prophragma 52% match — An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects. vs phragmosis →phylactocarp 51% match — A branch of a plumularia specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae. vs phragmosis →plagiostomy 50% match — An adaptation in which the mouth is diminished, firmly closed, and located on the ventral side protected deeply within a carapace. vs phragmosis →