Webster's Dictionary 1913

1513

Hematoid

Hem″a‐toid (?), a. [Hemato- + -oid.] (Physiol.) Resembling blood.

1514

Hematoidin

Hem′a‐toid″in (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembl...

1515

Hematology

Hem′a‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Hemato- + -logy.] The science which treats of the blood.

1516

Hematoma

‖Hem′a‐to″ma (?), n. [NL. See Hema-, and -oma.] (Med.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.

1517

Hematophilia

‖Hem′a‐to‐phil″i‐a (–tō̍‐fĭl″ĭ‐ȧ), n. [NL., fr. Gr. αἱ̑μα, αἵματοσ, blood + φιλει̑ν to love.] (Med.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorr...

1518

Hematosin

Hem′a‐to″sin (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) The hematin of blood.

1519

Hematosis

‖Hem′a‐to″sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. αιμἅτωσισ.] (Physiol.) (a) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood. (b) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formati...

1520

Hematotherma

‖Hem′a‐to‐ther″ma (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. αἱ̑μα, αἵματοσ, blood + θερμόσ warm.] (Zoöl.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; — the antithesis to he...

1521

Hematothermal

Hem″a‐to‐ther″mal (?), a. Warm-blooded.

1522

Hematoxylin

Hem′a‐tox″y‐lin (?), n. Hæmatoxylin.

1523

Hematuria

‖Hem′a‐tu″ri‐a (?), n. [NL. See Hema-, and Urine.] (Med.) Passage of urine mingled with blood.

1524

Hemautography

Hem′au‐tog″ra‐phy (?), n.(Physiol.) The obtaining of a curve similar to a pulse curve or sphygmogram by allowing the blood from a divided artery to strike against a piece of paper.

1525

Hemelytron

{ ‖Hem‐el″y‐tron (? or?), ‖Hem‐el″y‐trum (–trŭm cf. Elytron, 277), }, n.; pl.Hemelytra (�). [NL. See Hemi, and Elytron.] (Zoöl.) One of the partially thickened anterior wings of...

1526

Hemeralopia

‖Hem′e‐ra‐lo″pi‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �, the opposite of �; � day + � of �. See Nyctalopia.] (Med.) A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or ...

1527

Hemerobian

Hem′er‐o″bi‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Hemerobius, and allied genera.

1528

Hemerobid

He‐mer″o‐bid (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of relating to the hemerobians.

1529

Hemerocallis

‖Hem′e‐ro‐cal″lis (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.

1530

Hemi-

Hem″i– (?). [Gr. ημἱ-. See Semi-.] A prefix signifying half.

1531

Hemi-demi-semiquaver

Hem′i–dem′i–sem″i‐quaver (?), n. [Hemi- + demi-semiquaver.] (Mus.) A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.

1532

Hemialbumin

Hem′i‐al‐bu″min (?), n. [Hemi- + albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Hemialbumose.

1533

Hemialbumose

Hem′i‐al″bu″mose′ (?), n. [Hemi- + albumose.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is r...

1534

Hemianæsthesia

‖Hem′i‐an′æs‐the″si‐a (?), n. [Hemi- + anæsthesia.] (Med.) Anæsthesia upon one side of the body.

1535

Hemibranchi

‖Hem′i‐bran″chi (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hemi-, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flut...

1536

Hemicardia

‖Hem′i‐car″di‐a (?), n. [NL. See Hemi-, and Cardia.] (Anat.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. B. G. Wilder.

1537

Hemicarp

Hem′i‐carp (?), n. [Hemi- + Gr. � fruit.] (Bot.) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.

1538

Hemicerebrum

‖Hem′i‐cer″e‐brum (?), n. [Hemi- + cerebrum.] (Anat.) A lateral half of the cerebrum. Wilder.

1539

Hemicollin

Hem′i‐col″lin (?), n. [Hemi- + collin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See Semiglutin.