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<hw>Hem`i*me*tab"o*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Hemi-</er>, and <er>Metabola</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Those insects which have an incomplete metamorphosis.</def>

<h1>Hemimetabolic</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*met`a*bol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larv\'91 differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches.</def>

<h1>Hemimorphic</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*mor"phic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; -- said of a crystal.</def>

<h1>Hemin</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>He"min</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ blood.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; -- called also <i>Teichmann's</i> crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of hematin.</def>

<note>&hand; The obtaining of these small crystals, from old blood clots or suspected blood stains, constitutes one of the best evidences of the presence of blood.</note>

<h1>Hemina</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>He*mi"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hemin\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A measure of half a sextary.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces.</def>

<h1>Hemionus</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>He*mi"o*nus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a half ass, a mule.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Hemiopia, Hemiopsia</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw><hw>Hem`i*o"pi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hem`i*op"si*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ half + Gr. <?/ sight.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at.</def>

<h1>Hemiorthotype</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*or"tho*type</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + Gr. <?/ straight + <ets>-type</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Monoclinic</er>.</def>

<h1>Hemipeptone</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*pep"tone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + <ets>peptone</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A product of the gastric and pancreatic digestion of albuminous matter.</def>

<note>&hand; Unlike antipeptone it is convertible into leucin and tyrosin, by the continued action of pancreatic juice. See <er>Peptone</er>. It is also formed from hemialbumose and albumin by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid.</note>

<h1>Hemiplegia</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`i*ple"gi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/; <?/ half + <?/ a stroke; cf. F. <ets>h\'82miplagie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A palsy that affects one side only of the body.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hem`i"pleg"ic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hemiplegy</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"i*ple`gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hemiplegia.</def>

<h1>Hemipode</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"i*pode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemi-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Any bird of the genus <spn>Turnix</spn>. Various species inhabit Asia, Africa, and Australia.</def>