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An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.

The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; hæmotachometry.

The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.

An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a hæmomanometer.

Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the heart and great blood vessels; -- opposed to neural.

Same as Hæmaphæin.

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.

Same as Hemostatic.

Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.

Same as Hæmatachometer.

A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.

A vomiting of blood.

A warm-blooded animal. [R.]

Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [R]

A medicine designed to improve the condition of the blood.

Hematoxylin.

Any substance, such as an iron salt or organic compound containing iron, which when ingested tends to increase the hemoglobin contents of the blood.

A form of hemoglobinometer.

Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids.

A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc.