English Explanatory Dictionary

cryptorheic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Draining through invisible, subterranean outflows.
  2. Pertaining to an unspecified or unidentified discharge or secretion.

Word forms

cryptorheic

Etymology

From crypto- (prefix meaning ‘hidden’) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, gush, stream”) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives).

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