||HÊm`a*to"sis, n. Same as Hematosis.
||HÊm`a*to*ther"ma (hm`*t*thr"m or h`m-), n. pl. (Zoˆl.) Same as
||Hematotherma.
HÊm`a*to*ther"mal (-mal), a. Warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
HÊm`a*to*tho"rax, n. Same as Hemothorax.
HÊm`a*tox"y*lin (-tks"*ln), n. [See HÊmatoxylon.] (Chem.) The coloring
principle of logwood. It is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance,
C16H14O6, with a sweetish taste. Formerly called also hematin.
||HÊm`a*tox"y*lon (-ln), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + xy`lon wood.]
||(Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species,
||the H. Campechianum or logwood tree, native in Yucatan.
||HÊm`a*to*zo"ˆn (-t*z"n), n.; pl. HÊmatozoa (- ). [NL., fr. Gr.
||a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + zw^,on animal.] (Zoˆl.) A parasite
||inhabiting the blood; esp.: (a) Certain species of nematodes of the
||genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the
||dog, etc. (b) The trematode, Bilharzia hÊmatobia, which infests the
||inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.
HÊ"mic (h"mk or hm"k), a. Pertaining to the blood; hemal.
HÊ"min (h"mn), n. Same as Hemin.
HÊm"o- (hm"- or h"m-), prefix. See HÊma-.
HÊm"o*chrome (-krm), n. Same as HÊmachrome.
HÊm`o*chro"mo*gen (-kr"m*jn), n. [HÊmochrome + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.)
A body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in
the absence of oxygen.
HÊm`o*chro*mom"e*ter (- kr*mm"*tr), n. [HÊmochrome + -meter.] (Physiol.
Chem.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid,
by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.
HÊm`o*cy"a*nin (-s"*nn), n. Same as HÊmacyanin.
||HÊm`o*cy*tol"y*sis (- s*tl"*ss), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood +
||ky`tos hollow vessel + ly`ein to loosen, dissolve.] (Physiol.) See
||HÊmocytotrypsis.
HÊm`o*cy*tom"e*ter, n. See HÊmacytometer.
||HÊm`o*cy`to*tryp"sis (- s`t*trp"ss), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood +
||ky`tos hollow vessel + tri`bein to rub, grind.] (Physiol.) A breaking
||up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from
||solution of the corpuscles, or hÊmocytolysis.
HÊm`o*drom"o*graph, n. Same as HÊmadromograph.
HÊm`o*dro*mom"e*ter(- dr*mm"*tr),n.Same as Hemadrometer.
HÊ`mo*dy*nam"e*ter (h`m*d*nm"*tr or hm`*d-), n. Same as
Hemadynamometer.
HÊ`mo*dy*nam"ics,n.Same as Hemadynamics.
HÊm`o*glo"bin, n. Same as Hemoglobin.
HÊm`o*glo`bin*om"e*ter (- m"*tr), n. [HÊmoglobin + -meter.] Same as
Hemochromometer.
HÊm`o*lu"te*in (-l"t*n), n. [HÊmo- + corpus luteum.] (Physiol.) See
Hematoidin.
HÊm`o*ma*nom"e*ter (- m*nm"*tr), n. [HÊmo- + manometer.] Same as
Hemadynamometer.
HÊ*mom"e*ter (h*mm"*tr), n. [HÊmo- + -meter.] (Physiol.) Same as
Hemadynamometer.
HÊ"mo*ny (h"m*n), n. [L. HÊmonia a name of Thessaly, the land of
magic.] A plant described by Milton as "of sovereign use against all
enchantments."
HÊm`o*plas"tic, a. Same as HÊmatoplastic.
HÊm"or*rhoid"al, a. Same as Hemorrhoidal.
HÊm"o*scope (hm"*skp or h"m-), n. [HÊmo- + - scope.] (Physiol.) An
instrument devised by Hermann, for regulating and measuring the
thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.
HÊm`o*stat"ic (-stt"k), a. Same as Hemostatic.
HÊm`o*ta*chom"e*ter (- t*km"*tr), n. Same as HÊmatachometer.
HÊm`o*ta*chom"e*try (-tr), n. Same as HÊmatachometry.
Haf (h‰f), imp. of Heave. Hove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Haf"fle (hf"f'l), v. i. [Cf. G. haften to cling, stick to, Prov. G., to
stop, stammer.] To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate.
[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Haft (hft), n. [AS. hÊft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E.
heave, or have. Cf. Heft.] 1. A handle; that part of an instrument or
vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said
chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.
This brandish'd dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast.
Dryden.