Webster's Dictionary 1913

3781

Rhinocerotic

Rhi‐noc′e‐rot″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros.

3782

Rhinolite

{ Rhi″no‐lite (?), Rhi″no‐lith (?), } n. [Rhino- + -lite, -lith.] (Med.) A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.

3783

Rhinological

Rhi′no‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to rhinology.

3784

Rhinologist

Rhi‐nol″o‐gist (?), n. One skilled in rhinology.

3785

Rhinology

Rhi‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Rhino- + -logy.] The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.

3786

Rhinolophid

Rhi‐nol″o‐phid (?), n. [Rhino- + Gr. ��� crest.] (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidæ, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.

3787

Rhinolophine

Rhi‐nol″o‐phine (?), a.(Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.

3788

Rhinophore

Rhi″no‐phore (?), n. [Rhino- + Gr. ��� to bear.] (Zoöl.) One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usu...

3789

Rhinoplastic

Rhi′no‐plas″tic (?), a. [Rhino- + -plastic: cf. F. rhinoplastique.] (Surg.) Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.

3790

Rhinoplasty

Rhi″no‐plas′ty (?), n. [Rhino- + -plasty: cf. F. rhinoplastie.] Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the p...

3791

Rhinopome

Rhi″no‐pome (?), n. [Rhino- + Gr. πω̑μα a lid.] (Zoöl.) Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and...

3792

Rhinoscleroma

‖Rhi′no‐scle‐ro″ma (?), n. [Rhino- + scleroma.] (Med.) A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing ...

3793

Rhinoscope

Rhi″no‐scope (?), n. [Rhino- + -scope.] A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.

3794

Rhinoscopic

Rhi′no‐scop″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.

3795

Rhinoscopy

Rhi‐nos″co‐py (?), n. [Rhino- + -scopy.] (Physiol.) The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the ph...

3796

Rhinotheca

‖Rhi′no‐the″ca (?), n.; pl.Rhinothecæ (#). (Zoöl.) The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.

3797

Rhipidoglossa

‖Rhi‐pi′do‐glos″sa (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the ...

3798

Rhipipter

Rhi‐pip″ter (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings which fold like a fan; a strepsipter.

3799

Rhipipteran

Rhi‐pip″ter‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Rhipipter.

3800

Rhizanthous

Rhi‐zan″thous (?), a.(Bot.) Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root.

3801

Rhizine

Rhi″zine (?), n.(Bot.) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.

3802

Rhizocarpous

Rhi′zo‐car″pous (?), a.(Bot.) Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; — said of all perennial herbs.

3803

Rhizocephala

‖Rhi′zo‐ceph″a‐la (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appen...

3804

Rhizodont

Rhiz″o‐dont (?), n.(Zoöl.) A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile.

3805

Rhizogan

Rhiz″o‐gan (?), a. [Gr. ��� root + -gen: cf. F. rhizogène.] (Bot.) Prodicing roots.

3806

Rhizogen

Rhiz″o‐gen, n.(Bot.) One of a proposed class of flowering plants growning on the roots of other plants and destitute of green foliage.

3807

Rhizoid

Rhi″zoid (?), n. [Gr. ��� root + -oid.] (Bot.) A rootlike appendage.