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A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26

Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.

The science which treats of the blood.

Contraction of only one ventricle of the heart.

The science which treats of the liver; a treatise on the liver.

Pertaining to herpetology.

One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.

The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoölogy which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms. -- His`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One versed in histology.

That branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.

The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.

Of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.

The branch of botany which treats of water plants.

The science which treats of the precipitation of rain, snow, etc. -- Hy`e*to*log"ic*al, a.

Materia Medica; that branch of therapeutics which treats of remedies.

An entomologist. [Obs.]

Entomology. [Obs.]

The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness. [R.]

Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.