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- English Word Rhinological Definition Of or pertaining to rhinology.
- English Word Rhinologist Definition One skilled in rhinology.
- English Word Rhinology Definition The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.
- English Word Rhinolophid Definition Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.
- English Word Rhinolophine Definition Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.
- English Word Rhinophore Definition One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia.
- English Word Rhinoplastic Definition Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.
- English Word Rhinoplasty Definition 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.
- English Word Rhinopome Definition Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs.
- English Word Rhinoscleroma Definition 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.
- English Word Rhinoscope Definition A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.
- English Word Rhinoscopic Definition Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.
- English Word Rhinoscopy Definition The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.
- English Word Rhinotheca Definition The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.
- English Word Rhinothecae Definition of Rhinotheca
- English Word Rhipidoglossa Definition 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.
- English Word Rhipipter Definition One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings which fold like a fan; a strepsipter.
- English Word Rhipipteran Definition Same as Rhipipter.
- English Word Rhizanthous Definition Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root.
- English Word Rhizine Definition A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.