Part 5508

<h1>Hysteroepilepsy</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hys`ter*o*ep"i*lep`sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hysteria</ets> + <ets>epilepsy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease resembling hysteria in its nature, and characterized by the occurrence of epileptiform convulsions, which can often be controlled or excited by pressure on the ovaries, and upon other definite points in the body.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hys`ter*o*ep`i*lep"tic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hysterogenic</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hys`ter*o*gen"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hyste</ets>ria + root of Gr. <?/ to be born.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Producing hysteria; <as>as, the <ex>hysterogenic</ex>pressure points on the surface of the body, pressure upon which is said both to produce and arrest an attack of hysteria</as>.</def>

<i>De Watteville.</i>

<h1>Hysterology</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hys`ter*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ the latter + <?/ discourse: cf. F. <ets>hyst\'82rologie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also <altname>hysteron proteron</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hysteron proteron</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hys"te*ron prot"e*ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ the latter, following + <?/ before, others, sooner.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; <as>as, <ex>valet atque vivit</ex>, "he is well and lives</as>."</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence.</def>

<h1>Hysterophyte</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hys*ter"o*phyte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ following + <?/ plant.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hys`ter*oph"y*tal</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Hysterotomy</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hys`ter*ot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ womb + <?/ to cut: cf. F. <ets>hyst\'82rotomie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The C\'91sarean section. See under <er>C\'91sarean</er>.</def>

<h1>Hystricine</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hys"tri*cine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hystrix</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the porcupines.</def>

<h1>Hystricomorphous</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hys`tri*co*mor"phous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hystrix</ets> + Gr. <?/ form.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like, or allied to, the porcupines; -- said of a group (<spn>Hystricomorpha</spn>) of rodents.</def>

<h1>Hystrix</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hys"trix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ porcupine.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.</def>

<h1>Hythe</h1> <Xpage=722>

<hw>Hythe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small haven. See <er>Hithe</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<h1>I</h1> <Xpage=723>

<hw>I</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Ph\'d2nician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Ph\'d2nician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long <i>e</i> as in <i>mete</i>. Etymologically I is most closely related to <i>e</i>, <i>y</i>, <i>j</i>, <i>g</i>; as in d<i>i</i>nt, d<i>e</i>nt, b<i>e</i>verage, L. b<i>i</i>bere; E. k<i>i</i>n, AS. c<i>y</i>nn; E. th<i>i</i>n, AS. <?/<i>y</i>nne; E. domin<i>i</i>on, don<i>j</i>on, dun<i>g</i>eon.</def> In English I has two principal vowel sounds: the long sound, as in <i>p\'c6ne</i>, <i>\'c6ce</i>; and the short sound, as in <i>p&icr;n</i>. It has also three other sounds: (<i>a</i>) That of <i>e</i> in <i>term</i>, as in <i>thirst</i>. (<i>b</i>) That of <i>e</i> in <i>mete</i> (in words of foreign origin), as in <i>machine</i>, <i>pique</i>, <i>regime</i>. (<i>c</i>) That of consonant <i>y</i> (in many words in which it precedes another vowel), as in <i>bunion</i>, <i>million</i>, <i>filial</i>, <i>Christian</i>, etc. It enters into several digraphs, as in <i>fail</i>, <i>field</i>, <i>seize</i>, <i>feign</i>. <i>friend</i>; and with <i>o</i> often forms a proper diphtong, as in <i>oil</i>, <i>join</i>, <i>coin</i>.

<p>See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &sect;&sect; 98-106.</p>

<note>The dot which we place over the small or lower case <ex>i</ex> dates only from the 14th century. The sounds of I and J were originally represented by the same character, and even after the introduction of the form J into English dictionaries, words containing these letters were, till a comparatively recent time, classed together.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In our old authors, <it>I</it> was often used for <it>ay</it> (or <it>aye</it>), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.</def>