halio-, hali-, halo-, hal- +
(Greek > Latin: salt or "the sea")
Don’t confuse this halio-, halo-, hal- unit with another hal- unit which means “breathe, breath”.
euhaline
A reference to waters containing between 30 and 40 parts per thousand of dissolved salts; that is, in most cases, normal sea water.
euryhaline
Able to tolerate a wide range of salinity; said of organisms capable of withstanding widely varying concentrations of salt in the environment.
halibios
The total life of the sea; that part of the earth’s surface occupied by marine organisms.
halic
Pertaining to saline conditions.
halicole
1. Living in haloid soils having a crystalloid content between 0.5 and 2 parts per thousand.
2. A reference to a plant living in a habitat with a high salt content.
Haloid soil is characterized by high salt content, concentrated solutions and with a crystalloid content of more than 0.5 parts per thousand.
halicolous
1. Living in haloid soils having a crystalloid content between 0.5 and 2 parts per thousand of salt content.
2. Used in reference to a plant living in a habitat with a high salt content.
halide
A compound containing halogen (i.e., bromine, chlorine, fluorine, or iodine) combined with a metal or some other radical.
haligraphy
A treatise or dissertation on the nature and quality of salts.
halimetry, halimetric
The measurement of the amount of saline matter in a solution.
haline
An application either to the sea or to salt.
halinous
Containing or consisting of salt; saline.
haliography
A description of the sea.
haliphagia
The ingestion of an abnormally large amount of salts; especially, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and the salts of calcium, magnesium, and potassium.
haliphagous, haliphage, haliphagy
Ingestion of an excessive quantity of a salt or salts, especially of sodium chloride, calcium, magnesium, potassium salts, or of sodium bicarbonate.
haliplankton
Marine or inland saltwater planktonic organisms.
Related "salt" unit:
sal-.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water:
abysso- (bottomless);
Atlantic;
batho-, bathy- (depth);
bentho- (deep, depth);
mare, mari- (sea);
necto-, nekto- (swimming);
oceano-;
pelago- (sea, ocean);
plankto- (drifting);
thalasso- (sea, ocean).
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