| hemi- | One-half. Compare: semi-. Origin: G. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hemiacardius | One of twin foetuses, in which only a part of the circulation is effected by its own heart, the rest by the heart of the other twin. Origin: hemi-+ G. A-priv. + kardia, heart (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemiacetal | RCH(OH)OR', a product of the addition of an alcohol to an aldehyde (an acetal is formed by the addition of an alcohol to a hemiacetal). In the aldose sugars, the hemiacetal formation is internal and labile, brought about by the 4-OH or 5-OH attack on the carbonyl O, yielding the furanose or pyranose structures; the hemiacetal forms of the sugars are involved in all polysaccharides, as glycosyls or glycosides. See: hemiketal, acetal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemiacrosomia | A congenital form of hemihypertrophy of an extremity. Origin: hemi-+ G. Akron, extremity, + soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemiageusia | Loss of taste from one side of the tongue. Synonym: hemiageustia, hemigeusia. Origin: hemi-+ G. A-priv. + geusis, taste (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemiageustia | Loss of taste from one side of the tongue. Synonym: hemiageustia, hemigeusia. Origin: hemi-+ G. A-priv. + geusis, taste (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemialbumin | <physiology> Same as Hemialbumose. Origin: Hemi- + albumin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hemialbumose | <physiology> An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone. Synonym: hemialbumin. Origin: Hemi- + albumose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hemialgia | Pain affecting one entire half of the body. Origin: hemi-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemianaesthesia | <neurology> Loss of sensation on one side of the body. Origin: Gr. Aisthesis = sensation (27 Sep 1997) |
| hemianalgesia | <neurology> The inability to feel pain on one side of the body. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hemianencephaly | Anencephaly on one side only, or involving one side much more extensively than the other. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemianesthesia | <neurology> The inability to feel touches (tactile sensations) on one side of the body. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hemianopia | Loss of vision for one half of the visual field of one or both eyes. Synonym: hemianopsia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemianopic | Pertaining to hemianopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| proflavine (hemi)sulfate | The neutral sulfate of 3,6-diaminoacridine; a compound closely allied to acriflavine, having similar antiseptic properties. (05 Mar 2000) |
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