| Rhizopodea | Synonym: Rhizopoda. Origin: rhizo-+ G. Pous (pod-), foot (05 Mar 2000) |
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| rhizopodous | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the rhizopods. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rhizopterin | 10-formylpteroic acid;a folic acid factor for certain bacteria. Synonym: SLR factor, Streptococcus lactis R factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rhizopus | A genus of zygomycetous fungi of the order mucorales, a common saprophyte and facultative parasite of mature fruits and vegetables. It may cause cerebral mycoses in diabetes and cutaneous infection in severely burned patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rhizosphere | <ecology> The zone of soil in which interactions between living plant roots and micro-organisms are found. (23 Aug 1998) |
| rhizostomata | <zoology> A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A root +, a mouth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rhizostome | <zoology> One of the Rhizostomata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rhizotaxis | <botany> The arrangement of the roots of plants. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A root + arrangement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rhizotomy | Surgical interruption of a spinal or cranial nerve root. (12 Dec 1998) |