| hun | One of a warlike nomadic people of Northern Asia who, in the 5th century, under Atilla, invaded and conquered a great part of Europe. Origin: L. Hunni, also Chunni, and Chuni; cf. AS. Hnas, Hne, OHG. Hni, G. Hunnen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hunchback | Nonmedical term for kyphosis or gibbus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hundred | 1. The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C. The word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc, often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many hundreds, meaning individual objects or units, but with an ordinal numeral adjective in constructions like five hundreds, or eight hundreds, it is usually intended to consider each hundred as a separate aggregate; as, ten hundreds are one thousand. 2. A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen. Hundred court, a court held for all the inhabitants of a hundred. Origin: OE. Hundred, AS. Hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. Ga-rajan to count, L. Ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. Hunderod, hund, D. Hondred, G. Hundert, OHG. Also hunt, Icel. Hundra, Dan. Hundrede, Sw. Hundra, hundrade, Goth. Hund, Lith. Szimtas, Russ. Sto, W. Cant, Ir. Cead, L. Centum, Gr, Skr. Cata. Cf. Cent, Century, Hecatomb, Quintal, and Reason. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hung's method | A simple saline flotation method for concentrating helminth eggs in the faeces. See: flotation method. Synonym: Hung's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hungary | A country in Central Europe, now a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hungary water, a distilled "water," made from dilute alcohol aromatised with rosemary flowers, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hunger | 1. An uneasy sensation occasioned normally by the want of food; a craving or desire for food. The sensation of hunger is usually referred to the stomach, but is probably dependent on excitation of the sensory nerves, both of the stomach and intestines, and perhaps also on indirect impressions from other organs, more or less exhausted from lack of nutriment. 2. Any strong eager desire. "O sacred hunger of ambitious minds!" (Spenser) "For hunger of my gold I die." (Dryden) Origin: AS. Hungor; akin to OFries. Hunger, D. Honger, OS. & OHG. Hungar, G. Hunger, Icel. Hungr, Sw. & Dan. Hunger, Goth. Hhrus hunger, huggrjan to hunger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hunger contractions | Strong contraction's of the stomach associated with hunger pains. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hunger pain | Cramp in the epigastrium associated with hunger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hunks | A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard. "Pray make your bargain with all the prudence and selfishness of an old hunks." (Gray) Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hunner's stricture | Bladder stricture produced by interstitial cystitis (Hunner's ulcer). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunner's ulcer | A focal and often multiple lesion involving all layers of the bladder wall in chronic interstitial cystitis; the surface epithelium is destroyed by inflammation and the initially pale lesion cracks and bleeds with distention of the bladder. Synonym: elusive ulcer, Fenwick-Hunner ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunner, Guy | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1868-1957. See: Hunner's stricture, Hunner's ulcer, Fenwick-Hunner ulcer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hunt | 1. To search for or follow after, as game or wild animals; to chase; to pursue for the purpose of catching or killing; to follow with dogs or guns for sport or exercise; as, to hunt a deer. "Like a dog, he hunts in dreams." (Tennyson) 2. To search diligently after; to seek; to pursue; to follow; often with out or up; as, to hunt up the facts; to hunt out evidence. "Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him." (Ps. Cxl. 11) 3. To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.; as, to hunt down a criminal; he was hunted from the parish. 4. To use or manage in the chase, as hounds. "He hunts a pack of dogs." (Addison) 5. To use or traverse in pursuit of game; as, he hunts the woods, or the country. Origin: AS. Huntian to hunt; cf. Hentan to follow, pursue, Goth. Hinan (in comp) to seize. Cf. Hent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hunt's atrophy | An obsolete term for atrophy of the small muscles of the hand without sensory disturbances; two types are recognised: thenar, from compression of the thenar branch of the median nerve; hypothenar, from compression of the deep palmar branch of the ulnar nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hunt's neuralgia | A severe paroxysmal lancinating pain deep in the ear, on the anterior wall of the external meatus, and on a small area just in front of the pinna. Synonym: geniculate otalgia, Hunt's neuralgia, neuralgia facialis vera. (05 Mar 2000) |