||He*mi"o*nus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a half ass, a mule.] (Zoˆl.) A
||wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang. Darwin.
{ ||Hem`i*o"pi*a (?), Hem`i*op"si*a (?), } n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; half +
Gr. &?; sight.] (Med.) A defect of vision in consequence of which a
person sees but half of an object looked at.
Hem`i*or"tho*type (?), a. [Hemi- + Gr. &?; straight + -type.] Same as
Monoclinic.
Hem`i*pep"tone (?), n. [Hemi- + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) A product of
the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.
Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and tyrosin, by the
continued action of pancreatic juice. See Peptone. It is also formed
from hemialbumose and albumin by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric
acid.
||Hem`i*ple"gi*a (?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. &?;; &?; half + &?; a stroke; cf.
||F. hÈmiplagie.] (Med.) A palsy that affects one side only of the
||body. -- Hem`i"pleg"ic (#), a.
Hem"i*ple`gy (?), n. (Med.) Hemiplegia.
Hem"i*pode (?), n. [Hemi- + Gr. &?;, &?;, foot.] (Zoˆl.) Any bird of
the genus Turnix. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Hem`i*pro"te*in (?), n. [Hemi- + protein.] (Physiol. Chem.) An
insoluble, proteid substance, described by Sch¸tzenberger, formed when
albumin is heated for some time with dilute sulphuric acid. It is
apparently identical with antialbumid and dyspeptone.
He*mip"ter (?), n. [Cf. F. hÈmiptËres, pl.] (Zoˆl.) One of the
Hemiptera.
||He*mip"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; half + &?; wing, fr. &?;
||to fly.] (Zoˆl.) An order of hexapod insects having a jointed
||proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillÊ), for
||piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are
||partially coriaceous, and different from the others.
They are divided into the Heteroptera, including the squash bug,
soldier bug, bedbug, etc.; the Homoptera, including the cicadas, cuckoo
spits, plant lice, scale insects, etc.; the Thysanoptera, including the
thrips, and, according to most recent writers, the Pediculina or true
lice.
{ He*mip"ter*al (?), He*mip"ter*ous (?), } a. (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining
to the Hemiptera.
He*mip"ter*an (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.
Hem`i*sect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hemisected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hemisecting.] [Hemi- + L. secare to cut.] (Anat.) To divide along the
mesial plane.
Hem`i*sec"tion (?), n. (Anat.) A division along the mesial plane; also,
one of the parts so divided.
Hem"i*sphere (?), n. [L. hemisphaerium, Gr. &?;; &?; half = &?; sphere:
cf. F. hÈmisphËre. See Hemi-, and Sphere.] 1. A half sphere; one half
of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its
center.
2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map
or picture.