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HEMI- (in composition). Semi-; demi-; half.

HEPAT´IC, a. Pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery, hepatic secretion.

HETEROGE´NEOUS, a. Of different or dissimilar nature; of mixed or miscellaneous character.

HEX´AGON, n. Figure of six sides and six edges.

HEXAG´ONAL, a. Having six sides and edges.

HIBER´NAL, a. Pertaining to the winter time. (Neither this nor æstival are much used, although vernal and autumnal are continually employed.)

HIND-NECK, n. (48.) See CERVIX.

HIND-TOE, n. (129.) See HALLUX.

HINDER PARTS. (8.) See URÆUM.

HIP, n. Joint of femur with pelvis; projection formed by femoral trochanter over the joint.

HIRSUTE´, a. Hairy; rather shaggy, as the feet of a grouse.

HISTOG´ENY, n. Formation of tissue.

HISTOL´OGY, n. Minute anatomy; history of tissue.

HISTON´OMY, n. Laws of formation of tissue.

HOAR´Y, a. Of a pale silvery-gray.

HOLORHI´NAL, a. Having the nasal bones contiguous.

HOMOGENE´ITY, n. Sameness; structural similarity.

HOMOGE´NEOUS, a. Of the same kind or nature. Opposed to heterogeneous. A homogeneous group contains only structurally related forms.

HOMOLOG´ICAL, HOMOL´OGOUS, a. Structurally related; having structural affinity. Opposed to analogous, which implies similarity of appearance, purpose, or use without corresponding affinity.

HOMOL´OGY, n. Structural affinity, generally implying genetic relationship. Opposed to analogy, or mere resemblance.

HOMOTYP´ICAL, a. Of the same type of structure.

HOMOT´YPY, n. A particular kind of homology.

HOR´NOTINE, a. or n. Yearling; a bird of the year.

HU´MERAL, a. Pertaining to the humerus, or, more generally, to the upper arm.

HU´MERUS, n. The upper arm bone; sometimes the whole upper-arm, from shoulder to elbow.

HY´ALINE, HY´ALOID, a. Transparent, like glass; said chiefly of the vitreous humor of the eye, and of certain appurtenances of the back chamber of the eye.

HY´BRID, a. or n. Cross-born between two species; mongrel.

HYBRIDIZA´TION, n. Cross-fertilization. Production of hybrids.