| horde | A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude. Origin: F. Horde (cf. G. Horde), fr. Turk. Ord, ordi, camp; of Tartar origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hordeic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid. Origin: L. Hordeum barley. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hordein | <chemistry> A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture. Origin: L. Hordeum barley. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hordeivirus group | A group of plant viruses which primarily infect wheat, oats, and barley. They are rigid and rod-shaped, and are transmitted by seed and mechanically. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hordenine | A biogenic amine first isolated from barley; increases blood pressure. Synonym: anhaline. Origin: L. Hordeum, barley, + -in (05 Mar 2000) |
| hordeolum | A swelling in the eyelid that results from the plugging of a eyelid gland. A stye. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hordeolum externum | Inflammation of the sebaceous gland of an eyelash. Synonym: sty, stye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hordeolum internum | An acute purulent infection of a meibomian (tarsal) gland. Synonym: acute chalazion, hordeolum meibomianum, meibomian sty. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hordeolum meibomianum | An acute purulent infection of a meibomian (tarsal) gland. Synonym: acute chalazion, hordeolum meibomianum, meibomian sty. (05 Mar 2000) |