rhabdomancy — [ rabdəˌmansi] noun formal dowsing with a rod or stick. Origin C17: from Gk rhabdomanteia, from rhabdos rod … English new terms dictionary
rhabdomyolysis — [ˌrabdə(ʊ)mʌɪ ɒlɪsɪs] noun Medicine the destruction of striated muscle cells. Origin 1950s: from Gk rhabdos rod + myo + lysis … English new terms dictionary
rhabd — ˈrabd noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin rhabdus : rhabdus * * * rhabd see rhabdus 2 … Useful english dictionary
rhabditoid — ˈrabdəˌtȯid adjective Etymology: New Latin Rhabditis + English oid 1. : resembling or related to the genus Rhabditis 2. of a larval nematode : having the esophagus functional and with an enlarged pharyngeal bulb like that of a rhabditid … Useful english dictionary
rhabdocoele — ˈrabdəˌsēl noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Rhabdocoela : a flatworm of the order Rhabdocoela * * * /rab deuh seel /, n. any member of the turbellarian flatworm order Neorhabdocoela, comprising both freshwater and marine species, having a simple… … Useful english dictionary
rhabdolith — ˈrabdəˌlith noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary rhabd + lith : a minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and on the bottom of the ocean * * * rhabˈdolith noun (Gr lithos stone) a calcareous rod in some… … Useful english dictionary
rhabdomere — ˈrabdəˌmi(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: rhabdom + mere : a division of a rhabdom … Useful english dictionary
rhabdophane — ˈrabdəˌfān noun ( s) Etymology: German rhabdophan, from rhabd + phan phane : a brown, pinkish, or yellowish white hydrous phosphate (Ce, Y, La, etc.,)(PO4).H2O of cerium, yttrium, and ra … Useful english dictionary
rhabdopod — ˈrabdəˌpäd noun ( s) Etymology: rhabd + pod : one of the rodlike styles of the males of many insects … Useful english dictionary
rhabdosome — ˈrabdəˌsōm noun ( s) Etymology: rhabd + some : a colonial graptolite derived from a single individual … Useful english dictionary
rhabdus — ˈrabdəs noun ( es) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek rhabdos rod more at vervain : a simple uniaxial sponge spicule * * * rhabdus /rabˈdəs/ noun A rodlike sponge spicule ORIGIN: Latinized from Gr rhabdos rod … Useful english dictionary