| hierapicra | <medicine> A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Sacred + bitter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hierarchy | 1. Any system of persons or things ranked one above the other. 2. In psychology and psychiatry, an organization of habits or concepts in which simpler components are combined to form increasingly complex integrations. Origin: G. Hierarchia, rule or power of the high priest (05 Mar 2000) |
| hierarchy of terms | In radiology, the semantic concept of using different terms to describe anatomic or pathologic structures versus the resultant diagnostic images. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hierarchy, social | Social rank-order established by certain behavioural patterns. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hieroglyphic | 1. A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a. 2. Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark. Origin: Cf. F. Hieroglyphe. See Hieroglyphic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierographic | Of or pertaining to sacred writing. Origin: L. Hierographicus, Gr., cf. F. Hierographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierographical | Of or pertaining to sacred writing. Origin: L. Hierographicus, Gr., cf. F. Hierographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierography | Sacred writing. Origin: Gr.; sacred + to write: cf. F. Hierographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierological | Pertaining to hierology. Origin: Cf. F. Hierologique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierologist | One versed in, or whostudies, hierology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierology | <study> A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science. Origin: Gr.; sacred + discourse: cf. F. Hierologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hieromancy | Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice. Origin: Gr. Sacreo + divination: cf. F. Hieromantie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hieromania | <psychiatry> An obsolete term for pathologic religious fervor characterised by delusions with a religious content. Origin: G. Hieros, holy, + mania, insanity (05 Mar 2000) |
| hieronymite | See Jeronymite. Origin: From St. Hieronymus, or Jerome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of religious or sacred objects. Origin: G. Hieros, holy, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |