English dictionary: words starting with h - page 218

Meanings of Hysterogenetic:

adjective

Designating intercellular spaces that are formed during later stages of the growth of a plant; of or relating to the formation of such spaces.

Meanings of Hysterogenic:

adjective

Producing symptoms of the disorder hysteria.

Meanings of Hysterogenous:

adjective

Producing symptoms of the disorder hysteria; = hysterogenic .

Meanings of Hysterogeny:

noun

The production of hysteria.

Meanings of Hysteroid:

adjective

Resembling (that of) hysteria. also: affected by a condition resembling hysteria; somewhat or mildly hysterical.

Meanings of Hysteroidal:

adjective

Resembling (that of) hysteria.

Meanings of Hysterology:

noun

The inversion of the logical or conventional order of elements in speech or writing, especially for rhetorical effect, e.g. i die! i faint! i fail!; an instance of this.

Meanings of Hysteromania:

noun

Sexual desire in a woman that is considered to be excessive or uncontrollable; nymphomania.

Meanings of Hysteromaniac:

noun

Sexual desire in a woman that is considered to be excessive or uncontrollable; nymphomania.

Meanings of Hysteromaniacal:

noun

Sexual desire in a woman that is considered to be excessive or uncontrollable; nymphomania.

Meanings of Hysterometer:

noun

A graduated rod used to measure the uterine cavity.

Meanings of Hysterometry:

noun

Measurement of the size of the uterine cavity or uterus, especially with a hysterometer; an instance of this.

Meanings of Hysteropexy:

noun

Restoration of the uterus to a more normal position by surgical fixation to adjoining structures; an instance of this.

Meanings of Hysteroptosia:

noun

Prolapse (downward displacement) of the uterus; an instance of this.

Meanings of Hysteroptosis:

noun

Prolapse (downward displacement) of the uterus; an instance of this.

Meanings of Hysterorrhaphy:

noun

Restoration of the uterus to a more normal position by surgical fixation to adjoining structures (now rare).

Meanings of Hysteroscope:

noun

Any of various instruments used for visual examination of the cervix or uterus by way of the vagina; (in later use) specifically an endoscope used to perform procedures within the uterus.

Meanings of Hysterotome:

noun

Any of various surgical instruments used to open or incise the uterus.

Meanings of Hysterotomy:

noun

The surgical procedure of opening or incising the uterus, typically for the purpose of extracting a fetus; an instance of this. in early use also: †anatomical dissection of the uterus (obsolete, rare).

Meanings of Hystriciasis:

noun

A disorder described as resulting in the stiffening and erection of hairs.

Meanings of Hystricid:

noun

A rodent of the family hystricidae, originally comprising both old world and new world (or tree) porcupines, and later old world porcupines only.

adjective

Belonging to the family hystricidae; of, relating to, or of the nature of porcupines of this family.

Meanings of Hystricine:

adjective

Belonging to the family hystricidae of rodents, comprising old world porcupines, or to the suborder hystrichognatha; hystricid; hystricomorph.

Meanings of Hystricomorpha:

plural noun

A major division of the rodents which includes the guinea pigs, coypu, porcupines and their relatives. they occur chiefly in south america.

Usage examples:

The guinea pig, cavia porcellus, is a mammal of the order rodentia, sub-order hystricomorpha and fa…

Meanings of Hystricomorphic:

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the suborder hystricognatha (formerly hystricomorpha).

Meanings of Hyte:

adjective

Crazy, mad.