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HAEMOCYTOLYSIS n.
See Hæmocytotrypsis.
HAEMOCYTOTRYPSIS n.
d corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or hæmcytolysis.
HAEMOLYSIS; HAEMOLYTIC n.
Same as Hæmatolysis, Hæmatolytic.
HALF-SISTER n.
A sister by one parent only.
HELMINTHIASIS n.
A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.
HEMAPOPHYSIS n.
The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib. Owen. -- Hem`a*po*phys"i*al, a.
HEMATEMESIS n.
A vomiting of blood.
HEMATOSIS n. 2 definitions
e arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; hæmatogenesis.
HEMOPTYSIS n.
The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.
HENOGENY; HENOGENESIS n.
Same as Ontogeny.
HETERAUXESIS n.
Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
HETEROGENESIS n. 2 definitions
original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.
HETEROSIS n.
A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "What is life to such as me" Aytoun.
HIDROSIS n. 2 definitions
Excretion of sweat; perspiration.
HISTOGENESIS n. 2 definitions
The formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.
HISTOLYSIS n.
The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.
HOMOGENESIS n.
ither animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.
HYDRARTHROSIS n.
An effusion of watery liquid into the cavity of a joint.
HYDROLYSIS n.
A chemical process involving the addition of the elements of water.
HYDRONEPHROSIS n.
An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages.
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