| hurt | 1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. "The hurt lion groans within his den." (Dryden) 2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. "Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt." (Milton) 3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "I am angry and hurt." Origin: OE. Hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. Fr. OF. Hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. Heurter; cf. W. Hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. Sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. Horten to push, strike, MHG. Hurten, both prob. Fr. Old French. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hurter | A butting piece; a strengthening piece, especially., A piece of wood at the lower end of a platform, designed to prevent the wheels of gun carriages from injuring the parapet. Origin: F. Heurtoir, lit, a striker. See Hurt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hurthle cell | Askenazy cells |
| Hurthle cell adenoma | <tumour> An uncommon type of thyroid tumour characterised by abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm containing numerous mitochondria. Often malignant with widespread metastases; rarely takes up radioiodine. See: Hurthle cell tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hurthle cell carcinoma | A neoplasm of the thyroid gland composed of polyhedral acidophilic cells, thought by some to be oncocytes; it may be benign or malignant, the behaviour of the latter depending on the general microscopic pattern, whether follicular, papillary, or undifferentiated. See: Hurthle cell adenoma. Synonym: Hurthle cell carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hurthle cell tumour | A neoplasm of the thyroid gland composed of polyhedral acidophilic cells, thought by some to be oncocytes; it may be benign or malignant, the behaviour of the latter depending on the general microscopic pattern, whether follicular, papillary, or undifferentiated. See: Hurthle cell adenoma. Synonym: Hurthle cell carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hurthle, Karl | <person> German histologist. Lived: 1860-1945. See: Hurthle cell, Hurthle cell adenoma, Hurthle cell carcinoma, Hurthle cell tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |