phys-, physo- +

Descriptive of an inflated or bladder-like fruit: The shrub Physocarpus opulifolius is known to have groups of fruit that are reddish and physocarpous.

A tumor or hernia distended with gas or circumscribed swelling due to gas; aerocele: The outdated term physocele refers to a gas- or air-filled tumor or sac.

A swelling or bloating of the head: An emphysematous condition of physocephaly is due to an injection of air into the subcutaneous tissues.

Referring to fish which have air bladders disconnected from the alimentary canal: The swim bladders or gas bladders of the physoclistous fish, but not cartilaginous fish like sharks and rays, are not affixed to the esophagus.

In certain insects, a condition in which the abdomen becomes distended or enlarged by the growth of fat bodies or other organs: Physogastrism is a term used in entomology to describe specific symophilous beetles, mites, and the honey-bearers of the honey-ants.

In zoology, any siphonophe that has an air sac to float: The marine invertebrate of the genus Physalia, commonly known as the "Portuguese man-of-war", is considered to be a physograde with a hollow vesicular float or buoy to move.

The group of Physograda includes the oceanic Hydrozoa furnished with such floating organs.

The presence of gas and blood within the uterus: When Jane went to her gynocologist's for a regular check-up, she was informed that she had a case of physohematometra, which was a disorder in the muscular organ of her pelvic cavity and should be treated quickly.

A swelling or enlargement of the uterous; uterine tympanites: The condition of physometra is a distention of the abdomen or intestines due to the presence of gas.

In zoology, a genus of oceanic hydrozoa: The species of the Physophora, such as P. hydr'ostatica, float by means of several vesicular organs.

Referring to the members of the genus Physophora: Physophorous aquatic or oceanic organisms have pneumatophores or swimming-bells in order to be mobile in the water.

In zoology, a member of the Physopoda; a thirps: A physopod is a mollusk or rhipidoglossate gastropod with a sort of sucker on the foot.

Pus and gas in a fallopian tube: The condition of physopyosalpinx refers to pyosalpinx, a distention of the fallopian tube with pus, along with the formation of gas in the affected area.

Relating to the fish of the Physostomi order: Lindy learned that physostomous fish, having a duct between the air bladder and the alimentary canal, include the trouts, carps, herrings, catfish, eels and the lungfish.

Fish that have a pneumatic duct leading from the air bladder to some part of the alimentary canal (usually the esophagus); they include members of a number of suborders and the name is no longer used in systematic classification.

An order of the teleost fish: The order Physosomi include fish whose air bladder, when present, is linked with the oesophagus by an open duct, and they have abdominal ventral fins, it they exist.