pseudo : Idioms & Phrases

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pseudo-

Pseu"do-
Etymology
Gr. lying, false, akin to to belie; cf. lying, a lie.
Definitions
  1. A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively.
Webster 1913

pseudo-bulb

Pseu"do-bulb` noun
Etymology
Pseudo- + bulb.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An aërial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants.
Webster 1913

pseudo-china

Pseu`do-chi"na noun
Etymology
Pseudo- + china.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.
Webster 1913

pseudo-cone

Pseu"do-cone` noun
Etymology
Pseudo- + cone.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others.
Webster 1913

pseudo-cumene

Pseu`do-cu"mene noun
Etymology
Pseudo- + cumene.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid.
Webster 1913

pseudo-dipteral

Pseu`do-dip"ter*al adjective
Etymology
Pseudo- + dipteral: cf. F. pseudodiptère.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column. -- n. A pseudo-dipteral temple.
Webster 1913

pseudo-galena

Pseu`do-ga*le"na noun
Etymology
Pseudo- + galena.
Definitions
  1. (Min.) False galena, or blende. See Blende (a).
Webster 1913

pseudo-heart

Pseu"do-heart` noun
Etymology
Pseudo- + heart.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.
Webster 1913

pseudo-hyperthophic

Pseu`do-hy`per*thoph"ic adjective
Etymology
Pseudo- + hypertrophic.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.
Webster 1913

pseudo-metallic

Pseu`do-me*tal"lic adjective
Etymology
Pseudo- + metallic.
Definitions
  1. Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals.
Webster 1913

pseudo-monocotyledonous

Pseu`do-mon`o*cot`y*led"on*ous adjective
Etymology
Pseudo- + monocotyledonous.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut.
Webster 1913

pseudo-romantic

Pseu`do-ro*man"tic adjective
Etymology
Pseudo- + romantic.]
Definitions
  1. Falsely romantic.
    The false taste, the pseudo-romantic rage. De Quincey.
Webster 1913

pseudo-symmetric

Pseu`do-sym*met"ric adjective
Definitions
  1. (Crystallog.) Exhibiting pseudo-symmetry.
Webster 1913

pseudo-symmetry

Pseu`do-sym"me*try noun
Etymology
Pseudo- + symmetry.
Definitions
  1. (Crystallog.) A kind of symmetry characteristic of certain crystals which from twinning, or other causes, come to resemble forms of a system other than that to which they belong, as the apparently hexagonal prisms of aragonite.
Webster 1913