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physo-|faɪsəʊ|
repr. Gr. ϕῡσο-, combining form of Gr. ϕῦσα bellows, bladder, bubble, in a few Gr. compounds, and in many modern scientific terms.
physoˈcarpous a. Bot. [Gr. καρπός fruit], having an inflated or bladder-like fruit (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1858). ˈphysocele |-siːl|, Path. [Gr. κήλη tumour], a tumour or hernia distended with gas. physograde |ˈfaɪsəgreɪd|, Zool. [ad. mod.L. Physograda, f. -gradus going], (a) adj. moving by means of a hollow vesicular float or buoy; of or pertaining to the Physograda, a group of oceanic hydrozoa furnished with such floating organs; (b) n. a member of this group; hence phyˈsogradous a. ‖ physometra |faɪsəʊˈmiːtrə|, Path. [Gr. µήτρα womb], the presence of gas in the uterus, uterine tympanites. physonect |ˈfaɪsəʊnɛkt|, Zool. [Gr. νήκτης a swimmer, f. νήχειν to swim], a member of the Physonectæ, a suborder of siphonanthous siphonophores; hence physoˈnectous a. physopod |ˈfaɪsəʊpɒd| [Gr. πούς, ποδ- foot], a mollusc of the section Physopoda or Thysanoptera, rhipidoglossate gastropods, with a sort of sucker on the foot.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., *Physocele, a word used by many authors to express a wind-rupture. 1811Hooper Med. Dict., Physocele, a species of hernia, whose contents are distended with wind. 1898in Syd. Soc. Lex.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 37/1 The principal organ of locomotion in the *physograda is the air-filled vesicle or bladder.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex. 957/2 Animals..characterized by their body being provided with an aëriform dilatation of the intestinal canal, serving for a swimming organ: *physo⁓gradous.
1822Good Study Med. IV. 434 Emphysema uteri. Inflation of the Womb... This is the *physometra of Sauvages and later nosologists. 1875Jones & Siev. Pathol. Anat. (ed. 2) 759 Physometra is sometimes observed after severe labours.
1890Cent. Dict., *Physopod. |