holosteric

adjective

holo·​steric

¦hälō,

¦hōlō+

: wholly solid

—used of a barometer (as the aneroid) constructed without the use of liquids

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hol- + steric

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Rhymes for holosteric

• allosteric
• amphoteric
• anomeric
• atmospheric
• chromospheric
• climacteric
• congeneric
• dysenteric
• esoteric
• exoteric
• isomeric
• lithospheric