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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.