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<hw>Hem"mel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Scot. <ets>hemmel</ets>, <ets>hammel</ets>, Prov. E. <ets>hemble</ets> hovel, stable, shed, perh. allied to D. <ets>hemel</ets> heaven, canopy, G. <ets>himmel</ets>; cf. E. <ets>heaven</ets>. <?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <def>A shed or hovel for cattle.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<h1>Hemmer</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, hems with a needle</def>. Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A tool for turning over the edge of sheet metal to make a hem.</def>

<h1>Hemo-</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"o-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Same as <er>H\'91ma-</er>, <er>H\'91mo-</er>.</def>

<h1>Hemoglobin</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"o*glo"bin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemo-</ets> + <ets>globe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called <altname>h\'91matoglobulin</altname>. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called <stype>oxyhemoglobin</stype>. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called <stype>h\'91matocrystallin</stype>. See <cref>Blood crystal</cref>, under <er>Blood</er>.</def>

<h1>Hemoglobinometer</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`o*glo"bin*om"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>H\'91mochromometer</er>.</def>

<h1>Hemophilia</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`o*phil"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hematophilia</er>.</def>

<h1>Hemoptysis</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>He*mop"ty*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ blood + <?/ to spit: cf. F. <ets>h\'82moptysie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs.</def>

<h1>Hemorrhage</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"or*rhage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>haemorrhagia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ blood + <?/ to break, burst: cf. F. <ets>h\'82morriage</ets>, <ets>h\'82morrhagie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels.</def>

<note>&hand; The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage.</note>

<h1>Hemorrhagic</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`or*rhag"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>h\'82morrhagique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining or tending to a flux o<?/ blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage.</def>

<h1>Hemorrhoidal</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`or*rhoid"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>h\'82morro\'8bdal</ets>, <ets>h\'82morrho\'8bdal</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; <as>as, the <ex>hemorrhoidal</ex> arteries, veins, and nerves</as>.</def>

<h1>Hemorrhoids</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem"or*rhoids</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>haemorrhoidae</ets>, pl., Gr. <?/, sing., <?/ (sc. <?/), pl., veins liable to discharge blood, hemorrhoids, fr. <?/ flowing with blood; <?/ blood + <?/ to flow: cf. F. <ets>h\'82morro\'8bdes</ets>, <ets>h\'82morrho\'8bdes</ets>. See <er>Rheum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. <usage>[The sing. <singw>hemorrhoid</singw> is rarely used.]</usage></def>

<h1>Hemostatic</h1> <Xpage=685>

<hw>Hem`o*stat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hemo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ causing to stand, fr. <?/ to stand.]</ety>ets>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or relating to stagnation of the blood.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic.</def>