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3,621 words match “HEM”

HEMATOXYLIN n.
Hæmatoxylin.
HEMATURIA n.
Passage of urine mingled with blood.
HEMAUTOGRAPHY n.
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.
HEMELYTRON; HEMELYTRUM n.
One of the partially thickened anterior wings of certain insects, as of many Hemiptera, the earwigs, etc.
HEMERALOPIA n.
A disease of the eyes, in consequence of which a person can see clearly or without pain only by daylight or a strong artificial light; day sight.
HEMEROBIAN n.
A neuropterous insect of the genus Hemerobius, and allied genera.
HEMEROBID a.
Of relating to the hemerobians.
HEMEROCALLIS n.
A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.
HEMI- n.
A prefix signifying half.
HEMI-DEMI-SEMIQUAVER n.
A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.
HEMIALBUMIN n.
Same as Hemialbumose.
HEMIALBUMOSE n.
ion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
HEMIANAESTHESIA n.
Anæsthesia upon one side of the body.
HEMIBRANCHI n.
An order of fishes having an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.
HEMICARDIA n.
A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. B. G. Wilder.
HEMICARP n.
One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides into halves.
HEMICEREBRUM n.
A lateral half of the cerebrum. Wilder.
HEMICOLLIN n.
See Semiglutin.
HEMICRANIA n.
A pain that affects only one side of the head.
HEMICRANY n.
Hemicranis.
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