Webster's Dictionary 1913

3808

Hydromica

Hy′dro‐mi″ca (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + mica.] (Min.) A variety of potash mica containing water. It is less elastic than ordinary muscovite.Hydromica schist(Min.), a mica schist chara...

3809

Hydronephrosis

‖Hy′dro‐ne‐phro″sis (?), n. [NL., Gr. ὕδωρ water + � a kidney.] (Med.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages.

3810

Hydropath

Hy″dro‐path (?), n. [Cf. F. hydropathe.] A hydropathist.

3811

Hydropathic

{ Hy′dro‐path″ic (?), Hy′dro‐path″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to hydropathy.

3812

Hydropathist

Hy‐drop″a‐thist (?), n. One who practices hydropathy; a water-cure doctor.

3813

Hydropathy

Hy‐drop″a‐thy (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. �, �, to suffer.] The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally.

3814

Hydroperitoneum

‖Hy′dro‐per′i‐to‐ne″um (?), n. [NL. See Hydro-, and Peritoneum.] (Med.) Same as Ascites.

3815

Hydrophane

Hy″dro‐phane (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. � to show, appear: cf. F. hydrophane.] (Min.) A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.

3816

Hydrophanous

Hy‐droph″a‐nous (?), a.(Min.) Made transparent by immersion in water.

3817

Hydrophid

Hy″dro‐phid (?), n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. � a small serpent.] (Zoöl.) Any sea snake of the genus Hydrophys and allied genera. These snakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a ...

3818

Hydrophlorone

Hy′dro‐phlo″rone (?), n. [Hydro-, 2 + phlorone.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline benzene derivative, C8H10O2, obtained by the reduction of phlorone.

3819

Hydrophobia

Hy′dro‐pho″bi‐a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; ὕδωρ water + � fear: cf. F. hydrophobie.] (Med.) (a) An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence: (b) The d...

3820

Hydrophobic

Hy′dro‐phob″ic (?), a. [L. hydrophobicus, Gr. �: cf. F. hydrophobique.] Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic...

3821

Hydrophoby

Hy″dro‐pho′by (?), n. See Hydrophobia.

3822

Hydrophora

‖Hy‐droph″o‐ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. � to bear.] (Zoöl.) The Hydroidea.

3823

Hydrophore

Hy″dro‐phore (?), n. [Gr. ὕδωρ water + � to bear.] An instrument used for the purpose of obtaining specimens of water from any desired depth, as in a river, a lake, or the ocean.

3824

Hydrophyllium

‖Hy′dro‐phyl″li‐um (?), n.; pl. L. Hydrophyllia (#), E. Hydrophylliums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ὕδωρ water + � a leaf.] (Zoöl.) One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering ...

3825

Hydrophyte

Hy″dro‐phyte (?), n. [Gr. � + � plant: cf. F. hydrophyte.] An aquatic plant; an alga.

3826

Hydrophytology

Hy‐droph′y‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Hydro- + phyte + -logy.] The branch of botany which treats of water plants.

3827

Hydropic

{ Hy‐drop″ic (?), Hy‐drop″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. hydropicus, Gr. �: cf. F. hydropique. See Dropsy.] Dropsical, or resembling dropsy.Every lust is a kind of hydropic distemper, and ...

3828

Hydropically

Hy‐drop″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In a hydropical manner.

3829

Hydropiper

‖Hy″dro‐pi′per (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ὕδωρ water + L. piper a pepper.] (Bot.) A species (Polygonum Hydropiper) of knotweed with acrid foliage; water pepper; smartweed.

3830

Hydroplane

Hy″dro‐plane (?), n. [Pref. hydro-, 1 + plane.] 1. A plane, or any of a number of planes, projecting from the hull of a submarine boat, which by being elevated or depressed caus...

3831

Hydroplane (2)

Hy″dro‐plane, v. i. Of a boat, to plane (see Plane, below).

3832

Hydropneumatic

Hy′dro‐pneu‐mat″ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 1 + pneumatic: cf. F. hydropneumatique.] Pertaining to, or depending upon, both liquid and gaseous substances; as, hydropneumatic apparatus f...

3833

Hydropneumatic gun carriage

Hy′dro‐pneu‐mat″ic gun carriage. (Ordnance) A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by cylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressed furnishing...

3834

Hydropsy

Hy″drop′sy (?), n. Same as Dropsy.