See Also: orcho-(dictionary)
rhodanic(medicine)
rhodanic acid(medicine)

orcho- (iou) and rhodanic (medicine)


orcho- (iou)



orcho- combining form. Before a vowel orch-.
[Greek orkho- combining form of orkhis testicle: see -O-. Cf. ORCHID-, ORCHIO-.]
Medicine. = ORCHID- 2.
orchitis noun inflammation of a testicle L18.
or'chotomy noun [cf. Greek orkhotomia castration] = ORCHIDOTOMY M18.

rhodanic (medicine)


rhodanic
<chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called sulphocyanic acid) which frms a red colour with ferric salts.

Origin: Gr. The rose.

Source: Websters Dictionary