phoro-, phor-, -phora, -phorous, -phoresis, -phore, -phori, -phoria +
(Greek > Latin: bearer, to bear, carrying; producing, transmission; directing, turning; originally to carry or to bear children)
hydrophorograph
1. An apparatus for measuring the pressure or flow of a fluid.
2. An instrument for recording the flow or pressure of a fluid; e.g., the flow of urine or the pressure of spinal fluid.
hydrophorography
A description of the pressure and the flow of fluids; such as, the pressure of the spinal fluid or the flow of urine.
hypophoria
A tendency of the visual axis of one eye to deviate downward, prevented by binocular vision.
iodophor
A substance consisting of iodine and a surface-active agent in solution that slowly releases elemental iodine which is used as a disinfectant.
katophoria
A tendency to downward deviation of the eyes.
lipophore
A pigment cell containing a lipochrome pigment.
luminophore
1. A luminescent material that emits radiation by absorbing and then converting a portion of incident energy.
2. An atom or atomic grouping in an organic compound that increases its ability to emit light.
mastigophoric
1. Referring to someone carrying or wielding a whip.
2. In biology, with reference to a cell having a flagellum (a long thin tapering outgrowth of the cells of many microorganisms; such as, protozoans used as a means of locomotion).
metaphor
1. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another; therefore, making an implicit comparison.
2. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
"Hollywood has always been an irresistible, prefabricated metaphor for the crass, the materialistic, the shallow, and the craven."
—Neal Gabler, New York Times Book Review, November 23, 1986.
metaphoric
An expression that describes a person or object in a literary way by referring to something that is considered to possess similar characteristics to the person or object which someone is trying to describe.
metaphorical
Not having real existence but symbolic and showing some truth about a situation or other subject.
metaphorically
By leaving school without any qualifications, she has, metaphorically speaking, shot herself in the foot; that is, harmed her chances for success.
necrophore
Any of numerous species of beetles of the genus Necrophorus and allied genera; also called, burying beetle, carrion beetle, or sexton beetle.
necrophoresis
The transport of dead individuals away from a colony, as with some social insects.
Necrophorus
A genus of burying beetles.
Cross references of word families related to "bear, carry, bring":
duc-;
-fer;
ger-;
later-, -lation;
port-.
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