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<hw>H\'91m"a*chrome</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91ma-</ets> + Gr. <?/ color.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Hematin.</def>

<h1>H\'91macyanin</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>H\'91m`a*cy"a*nin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91ma-</ets> + Gr.<?/ a dark blue substance.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.</def>

<note>&hand; When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called <i>oxyh\'91macyanin</i>. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile.</note>

<h1>H\'91macytometer</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>H\'91m`a*cy*tom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91ma</ets> + Gr. <?/ a hollow vessel + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.</def>

<h1>H\'91mad</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>H\'91"mad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91ma-</ets> + L. <ets>ad</ets> toward.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Toward the h\'91mal side; on the h\'91mal side of; -- opposed to <i>neurad</i>.</def>

<h1>H\'91madrometer or, H\'91madremometer</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw><hw>H\'91m`a*drom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>, <hw>H\'91m`a*dre*mom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hemadrometer</er>.</def>

<h1>H\'91madrometry,H\'91madromometry</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw><hw>H\'91m`a*drom"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw>H\'91m`a*dro*mom"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hemadrometry</er>.</def>

<h1>H\'91madromograph</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>H\'91m`a*drom"o*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91ma-</ets> + Gr. <?/ course + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.</def>

<mhw><h1>H\'91madynameter or H\'91madynamometer</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>H\'91`ma*dy*nam"e*ter</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt> <hw>H\'91`ma*dy`na*mom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt></mhw>, <def>Same as <er>Hemadynamometer</er>.</def>

<h1>H\'91madynamics</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>H\'91ma*dy*nam"ics</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hemadynamics</er>.</def>

<h1>H\'91mal</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>H\'91"mal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ blood.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See <er>Hemal</er>.</def>

<h1>H\'91maph\'91in</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>H\'91m`a*ph\'91"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91ma-</ets> + Gr. <?/ dusky.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.</def>

<h1>H\'91mapod</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>H\'91m"a*pod</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91ma</ets> + <ets>-pod</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An h\'91mapodous animal.</def>

<i>G. Rolleston.</i>

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<h1>H\'91mapodous</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>H\'91*map"o*dous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to <i>neuropodous</i>.</def>

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