aero-, aer-, aeri- +
(Greek: air, mist, wind)
aerophily
1. A condition in which plants are pollinated by wind; fertilized by airborne pollen.
2. Plants which thrive in exposed windy habitats.
aerophobe
Anyone who has an abnormal fear of drafts or contaminated air.
aerophobia
An excessive fear of wind, air, or an intensive hatred of drafts; as in cases of hydrophobia, hysteria, and other nervous ailments. There are times when this term is used to identify the fear of flying in aircraft.
aerophony
1. A musical instrument (as a trumpet or flute) in which sound is generated by a vibrating column or eddy of air.
2. Any musical instrument in which the sound is produced by a vibrating column of air; a wind instrument. As an adjective, aerophonic.
aerophora
Aerating outgrowth or pneumatophore in certain ferns.
aerophore
1. A device for supplying air to the lungs of an infant born not breathing or to workers in mines, under water, etc.
2. A portable apparatus containing compressed air for administration to resuscitate newborn babies who fail to breathe at birth.
aerophysics
The physics of the atmosphere; specifically, the branch of physics concerned with the movement of solid bodies, as guided missiles, space vehicles, etc., through the air.
aerophyte, epiphyte, air plant
1. An aerophyte is attached to the aerial portion of another plant.
Also known as an "epiphyte", it lives on the surface of other plants but does not derive water or nourishment from them.
2. An aerophyte, or epiphyte, grows on a terrestrial plant and lacks direct contact with soil or water.
They get moisture and nutrients from the air or from small pools of water that collect on the host plant. "Spanish moss" and many orchids are aerophytes, or epiphytes.
aeropiesotherapy
Treatment of a disease or an illness with compressed (or rarefied) air.
aeroplane
Another word for "airplane".
aeroplankton
1. An organism or a substance carried by air, e.g., bacterium, pollen grain, etc.
2. Those organisms freely suspended in the air and dispersed by wind; aerial plankton.
3. A collective name for all the forms of minute organic life drifting in the air.
aeroplethysmograph
An apparatus for measuring respiratory volumes by recording changes in body volume.
aeroponics
A technique for growing (cultivating) plants without them being in soil or in hydroponic (water) media. The plants are held above a system that constantly, or intermittently, mists the roots with nutrient-laden water. Also called aeroculture.
aeroporotomy
Any operation that allows air to enter the lungs; such as, with a tracheotomy.
aeroscepsy, aeroscepsis
Perception by means of the air, said to be a function of the antennae of insects.
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Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "air, wind":
aello-;
aeolo-;
anemo-;
atmo-;
austro-;
flat-, flatu-;
phys-;
pneo-, -pnea;
pneumato-;
turb-;
vent-;
zephyro-.
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