Had"dock (-dk), n. [OE. hadok, haddok, of unknown origin; cf. Ir.
codog, Gael. adag, F. hadot.] (Zoˆl.) A marine food fish (Melanogrammus
Êglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe
and America. It has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side
of the body, just back of the gills. Galled also haddie, and dickie.
Norway haddock, a marine edible fish (Sebastes marinus) of Northern
Europe and America. See Rose fish.
Hade (hd), n. [Cf. AS. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity.]
1. The descent of a hill. [Obs.]
2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any
mineral vein.
Hade, v. i. (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein,
fault, or lode.
Ha"des (h"dz), n. [Gr. "a',dhs, "A'idhs; 'a priv. + 'idei^n to see. Cf.
Un-, Wit.] The nether world (according to classical mythology, the
abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible
world; the grave.
And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them.
Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.).
Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.).
And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments.
Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.).
||Hadj (hj), n. [Ar. hajj, fr. hajja to set out, walk, go on a
||pilgrimage.] The pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Mohammedans.
Hadj"i (-), n. [Ar. hjj. See Hadj.] 1. A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca;
-- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor.
G. W. Curtis.
2. A Greek or Armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at Jerusalem.
Heyse.
||Had`ro*sau"rus (hd`r*s"rs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "adro`s thick + say^ros
||lizard.] (Paleon.) An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size,
||allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.
HÊc*ce"i*ty (hk*s"*t), [L. hÊcce this.] (Logic) Literally, this-ness. A
scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.
HÊm"a- (hm"- or h"m-), HÊm"a*to- (hm"*t- or h"m*t-), HÊm"o- (hm"- or
h"m-). [Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood.] Combining forms indicating
relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, hÊmapod,
hÊmatogenesis, hÊmoscope.
Words from Gr. a"i^ma are written hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as
hÊma-, hÊmato-, hÊmo-.
HÊm"a*chrome (hm"*krm or h"m-), n. [HÊma- + Gr. chrw^ma color.]
(Physiol. Chem.) Hematin.
HÊm`a*cy"a*nin (-s"*nn), n. [HÊma- + Gr. ky`anos a dark blue
substance.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance found in the blood of the
octopus, which gives to it its blue color.
When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in
contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhÊmacyanin. A
similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the
blood of other animals and in the bile.
HÊm`a*cy*tom"e*ter (- s*tm"*tr), n. [HÊma + Gr. ky`tos a hollow vessel
+ - meter.] (Physiol.) An apparatus for determining the number of
corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
HÊ"mad (h"md), adv. [HÊma- + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward the hÊmal
side; on the hÊmal side of; -- opposed to neurad.
{ HÊm`a*drom"e*ter (hm`*drm"*tr or h`m- ), HÊm`a*dro*mom"e*ter (-
dr*mm"*tr), } n. Same as Hemadrometer.
{ HÊm`a*drom"e*try (- drm"*tr),HÊm`a*dro*mom"e*try (- dr*mm"*tr), } n.
Same as Hemadrometry.
HÊm`a*drom"o*graph (-drm"*grf), n. [HÊma- + Gr. dro`mos course +
-graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for registering the velocity of the
blood.
HÊ`ma*dy*nam"e*ter (h`m*d*nm"*tr or hm`*d-) HÊ`ma*dy`na*mom"e*ter
(h`m*d`n*mm"*tr or hm`*dn`-), Same as Hemadynamometer.
HÊma*dy*nam"ics (h`m*d*nm"ks or hm`*d-), n. Same as Hemadynamics.
HÊ"mal (h"mal), a. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] Pertaining to the blood or blood
vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal.
HÊm`a*phÊ"in (hm`*f"n or h`m-), n. [HÊma- + Gr. faio`s dusky.]
(Physiol.) A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases
of jaundice.
HÊm"a*pod (hm"*pd or h"m*pd), n. [HÊma + -pod.] (Zoˆl.) An hÊmapodous
animal. G. Rolleston.
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HÊ*map"o*dous (h*mp"*ds), a. (Anat.) Having the limbs on, or directed
toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to
neuropodous.
HÊm`a*poi*et"ic (hm`*poi*t"k or h`m-), a. [HÊma- + Gr. poihtiko`s
productive.] (Physiol.) Blood-forming; as, the hÊmapoietic function of
the spleen.
||HÊm`a*poph"y*sis (- pf"*ss), n. [NL.] Same as Hemapophysis. --
||HÊm`a*po*phys"i*al (- p*fz"*al), a.
HÊm`a*stat"ics, n. Same as Hemastatics.
HÊm`a*ta*chom"e*ter (- t*km"*tr), n. [HÊma- + Gr. tachy`s swift +
-meter.] (Physiol.) A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the
hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.
HÊm`a*ta*chom"e*try (-tr), n. (Physiol.) The measurement of the
velocity of the blood.
HÊm`a*tem"e*sis, n. Same as Hematemesis.
HÊ*mat"ic (h*mt"k), a. [Gr. a"imatiko`s] Of or pertaining to the blood;
sanguine; brownish red.
HÊmatic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a hypothetical acid, supposed to be
formed from hemoglobin during its oxidation in the lungs, and to have
the power of freeing carbonic acid from the sodium carbonate of the
serum. Thudichum.
HÊm"a*tin, n. Same as Hematin.
HÊm`a*ti*nom"e*ter, n. Same as Hematinometer.
HÊm`a*tin`o*met"ric, a. Same as Hematinometric.
HÊm"a*tite, n. Same as Hematite.
HÊm`a*tit"ic (hm`*tt"k), a. (Zoˆl.) Of a blood-red color; crimson;
(Bot.) brownish red.
HÊm"a*to- (hm"*t- or h"- ), prefix. See HÊma-.
HÊm"a*to*blast` (-blst`), n. [HÊmato- + -blast.] (Anat.) One of the
very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red
corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle,
supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red
corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.
||HÊm`a*toc"ry*a (tk"r*), n. pl. (Zoˆl.) The cold-blooded vertebrates.
||Same as Hematocrya.
HÊm`*a*toc"ry*al (-al), a. Cold-blooded.
HÊm`a*to*crys"tal*lin, n. Same as Hematocrystallin.
HÊ`ma*to*dy`na*mom"e*ter (h`m*t*d`n*mm"*tr or hm`*t*dn`-), n. Same as
Hemadynamometer.
HÊm`a*to*gen"e*sis (hm`*t*jn"*ss or h`m*t-), n. [HÊmato- + genesis.]
(Physiol.) (a) The origin and development of blood. (b) The
transformation of venous into arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.
HÊm`a*to*gen"ic (-jn"k), a. (Physiol.) Relating to hÊmatogenesis.
HÊm`a*tog"e*nous (-tj"*ns), a. (Physiol.) Originating in the blood.
HÊm`a*to*glob"u*lin, n. Same as Hematoglobulin.
HÊm"a*toid, a. Same as Hematoid.
HÊm`a*toid"in, n. Same as Hematoidin.
HÊ*mat"o*in (h*mt"*n), n. [HÊmato- + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance
formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the
action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called
respectively hÊmatoporphyrin and hÊmatolin, are formed in a similar
manner.
HÊ*mat"o*lin (-ln), n. See HÊmatoin.
HÊm`a*tol"o*gy (hm`*tl"*j or h`m-), n. The science which treats of the
blood. Same as Hematology.
HÊm`a*tom"e*ter (-tm"*tr), n. [HÊmato- + -meter.] (Physiol.) (a) Same
as Hemadynamometer. (b) An instrument for determining the number of
blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
||HÊm`a*to*phi*li"na (- t*f*l"n), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma,
||a"i`matos, blood +filei^n to love.] (Zoˆl.) A division of
||Cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire.
HÊm"a*to*plast` (-plst`), n. [HÊmato- + Gr. pla`ssein to mold.] (Anat.)
Same as HÊmatoblast.
HÊm`a*to*plas"tic (-pls"tk), a. [HÊmato- + -plastic.] (Physiol.) Blood
formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks
up gradually into blood vessels.
HÊm`a*to*por"phy*rin (- pÙr"f*rn), n. [HÊmato- + Gr. porfy`ra purple.]
(Physiol. Chem.) See HÊmatoin.
HÊm"a*to*sac` (-sk`), n. [HÊmato- + sac.] (Anat.) A vascular sac
connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.
HÊm"a*to*scope` (-skp`), n. A hÊmoscope.