| hydrorhiza | Origin: NL, fr. E. Hydra + Gr. A root. <zoology> The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hydrorrhoea | A profuse discharge of watery fluid from any part of the body. Origin: hydro-+ G. Rhoia, flow Hydrorrhoea gravidae Hydrorrhoea gravidarum, discharge of a watery fluid from the vagina during pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrosalpinx | Accumulation of serous fluid in the fallopian tube, often an end result of pyosalpinx. Synonym: hydrops tubae. Origin: hydro-+ G. Salpinx, trumpet Intermittent hydrosalpinx, intermittent discharge of watery fluid from the oviduct. Synonym: hydrops tubae profluens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrosalt | <chemistry> A salt supposed to be formed by a hydracid and a base. An acid salt. A hydrous salt; a salt combined with water of hydration or crystallization. Origin: Hydro-, 1 + salt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hydrosarca | Synonym: anasarca. Origin: hydro-+ G. Sarx, flesh (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrosarcocele | A chronic swelling of the testis complicated with hydrocele. Origin: hydro-+ G. Sarx, flesh, + kele, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydroscope | <instrument> 1. An instrument designed to mark the presence of water, especially in air. 2. A kind of water clock, used anciently for measuring time, the water tricking from an orifice at the end of a graduated tube. Origin: Hydro-, 1 + -scope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hydroseed | <botany> To spray land with a mixture of water and seeds, thereby dispersing and watering the seeds simultaneously. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hydrosere | <botany> An ecological community which results when plants migrate to open water and decompose, creating deposits of moss or peat. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hydroskeleton | <biology> A type of skeleton found in many soft-bodied invertebrates which consists of water-filled body cavities controlled by muscles. Hydroskeletons are found in echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins), annelids (earthworms), nematodes, and a number of other wormlike invertebrate phyla. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hydrosol | A colloid in aqueous solution, the particles being in the dispersed or internal phase and the water in the external or dispersion phase. Compare: hydrogel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrosoma | <zoology> All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds. Origin: NL. Hydrosoma. See Hydra, and -some body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hydrosome | <zoology> All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds. Origin: NL. Hydrosoma. See Hydra, and -some body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hydrosorbic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid. Origin: Hydro-, 2 + sorbic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hydrosphere | <biology> This is the broad name for the water above, on or in the earth's crust, including oceans, seas, lakes, ground water, and atmospheric moisture. (09 Oct 1997) |