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HEM pron. 9 definitions
Them [Obs.] Chaucer.
HEMA- n.
Same as Hæma-.
HEMACHATE n.
A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
HEMACHROME n.
Same as Hæmachrome.
HEMACITE n.
A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.
HEMADROMETER; HEMADROMOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.
HEMADROMETRY; HEMADROMOMETRY n.
The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; hæmotachometry.
HEMADYNAMICS n.
The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.
HEMADYNAMOMETER n.
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.
HEMAL a.
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.
HEMAPHAEIN n.
Same as Hæmaphæin.
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.
HEMASTATIC; HEMASTATICAL a.
Same as Hemostatic.
HEMASTATICS n.
Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.
HEMATACHOMETER n.
Same as Hæmatachometer.
HEMATEIN n.
A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.
HEMATEMESIS n.
A vomiting of blood.
HEMATHERM n.
A warm-blooded animal. [R.]
HEMATHERMAL a.
Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [R]
HEMATIC a. 2 definitions
Same as Hæmatic.
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