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- English Word Hydrometrical Definition Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water.
- English Word Hydrometrical Definition Made by means of an hydrometer; as, hydrometric observations.
- English Word Hydrometrograph Definition An instrument for determining and recording the quantity of water discharged from a pipe, orifice, etc., in a given time.
- English Word Hydrometry Definition The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
- English Word Hydrometry Definition The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of running water, as in rivers, etc.
- English Word Hydromica Definition A variety of potash mica containing water. It is less elastic than ordinary muscovite.
- English Word Hydronephrosis Definition An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages.
- English Word Hydropath Definition A hydropathist.
- English Word Hydropathic Definition Alt. of Hydropathical
- English Word Hydropathical Definition Of or pertaining to hydropathy.
- English Word Hydropathist Definition One who practices hydropathy; a water-cure doctor.
- English Word Hydropathy Definition The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally.
- English Word Hydroperitoneum Definition Same as Ascites.
- English Word Hydrophane Definition A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.
- English Word Hydrophanous Definition Made transparent by immersion in water.
- English Word Hydrophid Definition Any sea snake of the genus Hydrophys and allied genera. These snakes are venomous, live upon fishes, and have a flattened tail for swimming.
- English Word Hydrophlorone Definition A white, crystalline benzene derivative, C8H10O2, obtained by the reduction of phlorone.
- English Word Hydrophobia Definition An abnormal dread of water, said to be a symptom of canine madness; hence:
- English Word Hydrophobia Definition The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness.
- English Word Hydrophobic Definition Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.