rhino-, rhin-, -rhine, -rrhine, -rhinous, -rrhinous
(Greek: nose)
allergyrhinitis
amphirhinal, amphirhine
Having or pertaining to two nostrils.
arachnoidal villi, arachnoid villi
In anatomy, numerous microscopic projections of the arachnoid membrane into some venous sinuses.
Villi are minute hairlike projections, or tiny finger-like or vascular projections, on the mucous membranes.
arhinia, arrhina
1. Having no nose; without a nose.
2. Congenital absence of the nose.
brachyrhinia, brachyrrhinia, brachyrrhinous, brachyrrhinus
An abnormally short nose or just having a short nose.
cacorrhinia
Having a badly shaped nose.
catarhine
catarrhine
1. Having a narrow or slender nose.
2. Apes or monkeys that have the nostrils close together, oblique, and directed downwards, and opposite thumbs on all the limbs which includes all the apes of the old world.
dolichorrhine, dolichorrhinos, dolichorrhinia, dolichorrhinus
Having a long nose.
ectorhinal
Situated on the outer side of the nose.
endorhinitis
errhine
A medicine that when applied to the mucous membrane of the nose increases the natural secretioins and produces sneezing.
Eurhinosaurus
An Ichthyosaur from Early Jurassic Germany. It was not a dinosaur but another type of extinct reptile.
gymnorhinal
With nostril region not covered by feathers, as in some birds or having naked or unfeathered nostrils.
holorhinal
Having the nasal bones slightly or not at all cleft.
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