halio-, hali-, halo-, hal- +
(Greek > Latin: salt or "the sea")
Don't confuse this halio-, halo-, hal- unit with another hal- unit which means "breathe, breath".
halisteresis
Osteomalacia; a loss or lack of lime salts (calcium) in bone; halisteretic.
halite
Native salt; sodium chloride.
halobion
An association of marine plants.
halobiont, halobiontic
A marine organism or an organism living in a saline habitat.
halobiotic
A reference to life in the sea.
halocline
1. A vertical gradient in the saltiness of the ocean.
2. A salinity discontinuity; a zone of marked salinity gradient.
halodermia
Any skin eruption caused by a halide.
haloduric
Capable of existing in a medium containing a high concentration of salt.
halogen
1. Any of the five electronegative diatomic elements, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, or astatine; used to describe lamps or other light sources containing a filament heated by a halogen. So called because the elements readily form salts when combined with metals.
2. An element of a closely related chemical family, all of which form similar (saltlike) compounds in combination with sodium and most other metals.
halography
A treatise or dissertation on the nature and quality of salts.
haloid
Saltlike; derived from or resembling a halogen.
halokinesis
In geology, the study of the structure and processes involved in the formation of salt domes; salt tectonics.
halolimnetic
Pertaining to salt lakes.
halolimnic
Designating marine organisms so modified that they can live in fresh water.
halology
A branch of chemistry that deals with salts.
Related "salt" unit:
sal-.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water:
abysso- (bottomless);
Atlantic;
batho-, bathy- (depth);
bentho- (deep, depth);
mare, mari- (sea);
necto-, nekto- (swimming);
oceano-;
pelago- (sea, ocean);
plankto- (drifting);
thalasso- (sea, ocean).
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