| DYSTROPHIA | • dystrophia n. Dystrophy. • DYSTROPHIA n. impaired or imperfect nutrition; any of several disorders in which there is wasting of muscle tissue, also DYSTROPHY. |
| DYSTROPHIC | • dystrophic adj. Affected with dystrophy. • dystrophic adj. (Of a spring, lake &c) Having brownish acidic waters due to humus. • DYSTROPHIC adj. relating to dystrophia. |
| DYSTROPHIN | • dystrophin n. (Biochemistry) A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy. • DYSTROPHIN n. a protein essential to normal muscle function, found to be lacking in muscular dystrophy sufferers. |
| EUTHYROIDS | • euthyroids n. Plural of euthyroid. • EUTHYROID n. someone with normal thyroid function. |
| HYDRATIONS | • hydrations n. Plural of hydration. • HYDRATION n. the act of combining with water. |
| HYDROCASTS | • hydrocasts n. Plural of hydrocast. • HYDROCAST n. a gathering of water samples for analysis. |
| HYDROLYTES | • hydrolytes n. Plural of hydrolyte. • HYDROLYTE n. a body subjected to hydrolysis. |
| HYDRONAUTS | • hydronauts n. Plural of hydronaut. • HYDRONAUT n. a person trained to work in an underwater vessel. |
| HYDROPATHS | • hydropaths n. Plural of hydropath. • HYDROPATH n. a practitioner of hydropathy, the study of treating diseases with water. |
| HYDROPULTS | • hydropults n. Plural of hydropult. • HYDROPULT n. a machine for throwing water by hand power, as a garden engine, a fire extinguisher, etc. |
| HYDROSTATS | • hydrostats n. Plural of hydrostat. • HYDROSTAT n. a contrivance or apparatus to prevent the explosion of steam boilers. |
| HYDROTAXES | • HYDROTAXIS n. movement towards or away from water. |
| HYDROTAXIS | • hydrotaxis n. (Biology) movement (of an organism or organ) in response to water. • HYDROTAXIS n. movement towards or away from water. |
| RHYTIDOMES | • rhytidomes n. Plural of rhytidome. • RHYTIDOME n. the bark external to the last formed periderm. |
| THYRSOIDAL | • thyrsoidal adj. Alternative form of thyrsoid. • THYRSOIDAL adj. having the form of a thyrsus, also THYRSOID. |