Rhinoplastic to Rhymic
Rhinoplastic
(Rhi`no*plas"tic) a. [Rhino- + -plastic: cf. F. rhinoplastique.] (Surg.) Of or pertaining to
rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.
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 patient's cheek, forehead,
arm, etc., or even from another person.
Rhinopome
(Rhi"no*pome) n. [Rhino- + Gr. pw^ma 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 tombs.
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 first upon the nose
and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat. J. V. Shoemaker.
Rhinoscope
(Rhi"no*scope) n. [Rhino- + -scope.] A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.
Rhinoscopic
(Rhi`no*scop"ic) a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.
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 pharynx.
Rhinotheca
(||Rhi`no*the"ca) n.; pl. Rhinothecæ [NL., from gr. the nose + case.] (Zoöl.) The sheath of
the upper mandible of a bird.
Rhipidoglossa
(||Rhi*pi`do*glos"sa) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a fan + a tongue.] (Zoöl.) A division of gastropod
mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It
includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix.
Rhipipter
(Rhi*pip"ter) n. [Gr. a fan + wing.] (Zoöl.) One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having
wings which fold like a fan; a strepsipter.
Rhipipteran
(Rhi*pip"ter*an) n. (Zoöl.) Same as Rhipipter.
Rhizanthous
(Rhi*zan"thous) a. [Gr. root + flower.] (Bot.) Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently
from a root.
Rhizine
(Rhi"zine) n. (Bot.) A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a
rhizoid.
Rhizocarpous
(Rhi`zo*car"pous) a. [Gr. root + fruit.] (Bot.) Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but
annual flowering stems; — said of all perennial herbs.
Rhizocephala
(||Rhi`zo*ceph"a*la) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. root + head.] (Zoöl.) A division of Pectostraca
including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration
in Appendix.
Rhizodont
(Rhiz"o*dont) n. [Gr. root + a tooth.] (Zoöl.) A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as
the crocodile.
Rhizogan
(Rhiz"o*gan) a. [Gr. root + -gen: cf. F. rhizogène.] (Bot.) Prodicing roots.
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.
Rhizoid
(Rhi"zoid) n. [Gr. root + -oid.] (Bot.) A rootlike appendage.
