| rhino- | <prefix> A combining form from Greek, the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology. (29 Oct 1998) |
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| rhinoanemometer | A variation of the pneumotachometer, used for measuring nasal air flow and nasal resistance to air flow. Origin: rhino-+ G. Anemos, wind, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhinocanthectomy | An obsolete term for excision of the inner canthus of the eye. Origin: rhino-+ G. Kanthos, canthus, + ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhinocele | Cavity (ventricle) of the rhinencephalon, the primitive olfactory part of the telencephalon. Origin: rhino-+ G. Koilia, a hollow (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhinocephaly | Rhinencephaly;a form of cyclopia in which the nose is represented by a fleshy proboscis-like protuberance arising above the slitlike orbits, and the rhinencephalic lobes of the telencephalon are poorly developed with some tendency to become fused together. Origin: rhino-+ G. Kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhinocerical | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rhinoceros | <zoology> Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout. The Indian, or white, and the Javan rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros Indicus and R. Sondaicus) have incisor and canine teeth, but only one horn, and the very thick skin forms shieldlike folds. The two or three African species belong to Atelodus, and have two horns, but lack the dermal folds, and the incisor and canine teeth. The two Malay, or East Indian, two-horned species belong to Ceratohinus, in which incisor and canine teeth are present. See Borele, and Keitloa. Rhinoceros auk A large hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), native of the East Indies. It has a large hollow hornlike process on the bill. Called also rhinoceros hornbill. See Hornbill. An African beefeater (Buphaga Africana). It alights on the back of the rhinoceros in search of parasitic insects. Origin: L, fr. Gr,, the nose + a horn: cf. F. Rhinoceros. See Horn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rhinochiloplasty | Plastic surgery of the nose and upper lip. Origin: rhino-+ G. Cheilos, lip, + plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rhinocladiella | A genus of dematiaceous (dark coloured) fungi, characterised by acrotheca, that cause chromoblastomycosis. See: Phialophora. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhinocleisis | Synonym: rhinostenosis. Origin: rhino-+ G. Kleisis, a closure (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhinodacryolith | An obsolete term for a calculus in the nasolacrimal duct. Origin: rhino-+ G. Dakryon, tear (duct), + lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhinodymia | Duplication of the nose on an otherwise normal face. Origin: rhino-+ G. -dymos, fold (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhinodynia | Synonym: rhinalgia. Origin: rhino-+ G. Odyne, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhinoestrosis | Infection of horses and donkeys, rarely humans, with larvae of the fly Rhinoestrus purpureus; human infection is usually benign and of short duration, limited to the first stage of the larva and resulting in a mild ophthalmomyiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rhinoestrus purpureus | A species of fly of the family Oestridae, the nasal botflies, that causes rhinoestrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |