A condition in arthropods where the body or limbs have a bent or curved form, named after the Campodea body shape.
From 'Campodea' plus the Greek suffix '-ody' (from 'odos' meaning path or way), describing a body condition or form. Related to words like 'kyphosis' or 'scoliosis' in human anatomy.
Medical and scientific terms ending in '-ody' describe body conditions or deformities—so 'campody' originally meant 'the campodea way of being shaped,' showing how scientists name conditions after the creatures that exemplify them.
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