| herr | A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| herring | <zoology> One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, especially. The common round or English herring (C. Harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities. Herring gull The chimaera (C. Monstrosa) which follows the schools of herring. See Chimaera. The opah. Origin: OE. Hering, AS. Haering; akin to D. Haring, G. Haring, hering, OHG. Haring, hering, and prob. To AS. Here army, and so called because they commonly move in large numbers. Cf. Harry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Herring bodies | <pathology> Granules within axons in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Contain neurosecretory hormones. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Herring, Percy | <person> English physiologist, 1872-1967. See: Herring bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| herring-worm disease | Infection with roundworms of the genus anisakis. Human infection results from the consumption of fish harboring roundworm larvae. The worms may cause acute nausea and vomiting or may penetrate into the wall of the digestive tract, where they give rise to eosinophilic granulomas in the stomach, intestine, or the omentum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Herrmann's syndrome | <syndrome> A nervous system disorder beginning in late childhood or early adolescence, with photomyoclonus and hearing loss followed by diabetes mellitus, progressive dementia, pyelonephritis, and glomerulonephritis; progressive sensorineural hearing loss is of later onset; dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Herrmann, C Jr | <person> 20th century. See: Herrmann's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |