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

<hw>H\'91m"a*to*blast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91mato-</ets> + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also <altname>blood plaque</altname>, and <altname>blood plate</altname>.</def><-- = hemocytoblast, hematocytoblast. Precursor of erythroblasts, lymphoblasts, and myeloblasts, found mostly in bone marrow. Hayem's hematoblast = a platelet -->

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

<hw>H\'91m`a*toc"ry*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as <er>Hematocrya</er>.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91m`*a*toc"ry*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cold-blooded.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91m`a*to*crys"tal*lin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hematocrystallin</er>.</def>

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

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

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

<hw>H\'91m`a*to*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91mato-</ets> + <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The origin and development of blood.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91m`a*to*gen"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Relating to h\'91matogenesis.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91m`a*tog"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Originating in the blood.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91m`a*to*glob"u*lin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hematoglobin</er>.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91m"a*toid</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hematoid</er>.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91m`a*toid"in</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hematoidin</er>.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91*mat"o*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>H\'91mato-</ets> + <ets>-in</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively <i>h\'91matoporphyrin</i> and <i>h\'91matolin</i>, are formed in a similar manner.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91*mat"o*lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>H\'91matoin</er>.</def>

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

<hw>H\'91m`a*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The science which treats of the blood. Same as <er>Hematology</er>.</def>

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