All the skirt about Was hemmed with golden fringe.
Spenser.
To hem about, around, or in, to inclose and confine; to surround; to
environ. "With valiant squadrons round about to hem." Fairfax. "Hemmed
in to be a spoil to tyranny." Daniel. -- To hem out, to shut out. "You
can not hem me out of London." J. Webster.
Hem"a- (?). Same as HÊma-.
Hem"a*chate (?), n. [L. haemachates; Gr. a"i^ma blood + &?; agate.]
(Min.) A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
Hem"a*chrome (?), n. Same as HÊmachrome.
Hem"a*cite (?), n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] A composition made from blood,
mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons,
door knobs, etc.
{ Hem`a*drom"e*ter (?), Hem`a*dro*mom"e*ter (?), } n. [Hema- + Gr. &?;
course + - meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity
with which the blood moves in the arteries.
{ Hem`a*drom`e*try (?), Hem`a*dro*mom"e*try (?), } n. (Physiol.) The
act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the
arteries; hÊmotachometry.
He`ma*dy*nam"ics (?), n. [Hema- + dynamics.] (Physiol.) The principles
of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science
which treats of the motion of the blood.
He`ma*dy"na*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Hema- + dynamometr.] (Physiol.) 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 hÊmomanometer.
He"mal (?), a. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.] 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.
As applied to vertebrates, hemal is the same as ventral, the heart and
great blood vessels being on the ventral, and the central nervous
system on the dorsal, side of the vertebral column.
Hemal arch (Anat.), the ventral arch in a segment of the spinal
skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs.
Hem`a*phÊ"in (?), n. Same as HÊmaphÊin.
||Hem`a*poph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Hemapophyses . [NL. See HÊma-, and
||Apophysis.] (Anat.) 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.
{ Hem`a*stat"ic (?), Hem`a*stat"ic*al (?), } a. & n. Same as
Hemostatic.
Hem`a*stat"ics (?), n. (Physiol.) Laws relating to the equilibrium of
the blood in the blood vessels.
Hem`a*ta*chom"e*ter (?), n. Same as HÊmatachometer.
Hem`a*te"in (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, blood.] (Chem.) A reddish brown or
violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial
oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.
||Hem`a*tem"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + &?;
||a vomiting, fr. &?; to vomit.] (Med.) A vomiting of blood.
Hem"a*therm (?), n. [Gr. a"i^ma blood + &?; warm.] (Zoˆl.) A warm-
blooded animal. [R.]