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hydromorphone
  • n  a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain
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hydromorphone hydrochloride
  • n  a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain
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hydronephrosis
  • n  accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter
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hydropathy
  • n  the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease
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hydrophobia
  • n  a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids
  • n  a morbid fear of water
  • n  an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain
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hydrophobicity
  • n  the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water
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hydrophyllum virginianum
  • n  showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States
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hydrophyte
  • n  a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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hydrophytic plant
  • n  a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
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hydroplane
  • n  an airplane that can land on or take off from water
    the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane
  • n  a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds
    the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record
  • v  glide on the water in a hydroplane
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