| holandric | <genetics> Refers to genes that are transmitted solely through male descent, in humans, holandric genes are located on the Y chromosome. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| holandric gene | A gene located on a Y chromosome. Synonym: holandric gene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| holandric inheritance | Inheritance by genes on the y chromosome. Also called holandric inheritance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| holandry | <genetics> Inheritance of characters borne on the male chromosome and therefore only expressed in the male. (18 Nov 1997) |
| holarthritic | Relating to holarthritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| holarthritis | Inflammation of all or a great number of the joints. Origin: G. Holos, entire, + arthron, joint, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| hold | In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence: 1. Not to more; to halt; to stop;-mostly in the imperative. "And damned be him that first cries, "Hold, enough!"" (Shak) 2. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. "Our force by land hath nobly held." (Shak) 3. Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist. "While our obedience holds." (Milton) "The rule holds in land as all other commodities." (Locke) 4. Not to fall away, desert, or prove recreant; to remain attached; to cleave;-often with with, to, or for. "He will hold to the one and despise the other." (Matt. Vi. 24) 5. To restrain one's self; to refrain. "His dauntless heart would fain have held From weeping, but his eyes rebelled." (Dryden) 6. To derive right or title; generally with of. "My crown is absolute, and holds of none." (Dryden) "His imagination holds immediately from nature." (Hazlitt) Hold on! Hold up! wait; stop; forbear. To hold forth, to speak in public; to harangue; to preach. To hold in, to restrain one's self; as, he wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. To hold off, to keep at a distance. To hold on, to keep fast hold; to continue; to go on. "The trade held on for many years," . To hold out, to last; to endure; to continue; to maintain one's self; not to yield or give way. To hold over, to remain in office, possession, etc, beyond a certain date. To hold to or with, to take sides with, as a person or opinion. To hold together, to be joined; not to separate; to remain in union. . To hold up. To support one's self; to remain unbent or unbroken; as, to hold up under misfortunes. To cease raining; to cease to stop; as, it holds up. To keep up; not to fall behind; not to lose ground. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Holden's line | The crease or furrow of the skin of the groin caused by flexion of the thigh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holden, Luther | <person> English anatomist, 1815-1905. See: Holden's line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| holdfast | 1. Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support. "His holdfast was gone." 2. <botany> A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hole | 1. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. "The holes where eyes should be." (Shak) "The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes." (Tennyson) "The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid." (2 Kings xii. 9) 2. An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. "The foxes have holes, . . . But the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." (Luke ix. 58) Synonym: Hollow, concavity, aperture, rent, fissure, crevice, orifice, interstice, perforation, excavation, pit, cave, den, cell. Hole and corner, clandestine, underhand. "The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery. " . Hole board, a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads. Synonym: compass board. Origin: OE. Hol, hole, AS. Hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a, hollow; akin to D. Hol, OHG. Hol, G. Hohl, Dan.huul hollow, hul hole, Sw. Hal, Icel. Hola; prob. From the root of AS. Helan to conceal. See Hele, Hell, and cf. Hold of a ship. (01 Mar 1998) |
| hole in retina | A break in the continuity of the sensory retina, permitting separation between the retinal pigment epithelium and sensory retina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| holibut | <zoology> See Halibut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| holiday heart syndrome | <syndrome> Arrhythmias of the heart, sometimes apparent after a vacation or weekend away from work, following excessive alcohol consumption; usually transient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| holiday syndrome | <syndrome> Regression, development of diffuse anxiety, feelings of helplessness, irritability, and depression; said to occur in certain psychoanalytic patients before Thanksgiving and continuing into the Christmas holiday season, ending a few days after January 1. (05 Mar 2000) |