| Holter | Norman, U.S. Biophysicist, 1914-1983. See: Holter monitor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Holter monitoring | <cardiology, investigation> A test which measures the heart rhythm (ECG) over a 24 hour period of time while the patient records their symptoms and activities in a diary. A small portable ECG device is worn in a pouch around the neck. After the test is complete, a correlation is made between the symptoms (or activities) recorded and the ECG pattern that was obtained simultaneously. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Holthouse | Carsten, British surgeon, 1810-1901. See: Holthouse's hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holthouse's hernia | Inguinal hernia with extension of the loop of intestine along Poupart's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| holtzman inkblot test | Personality evaluation based on the scoring of several variables as a result of the subject's responses in perceiving 47 inkblot plates. (12 Dec 1998) |
| holy | 1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. "Holy rites and solemn feasts." 2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God. "Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps has brought." (Keble) Holy Alliance, the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated. Holy writ, the sacred Scriptures. " Word of holy writ." . Origin: OE. Holi, hali, AS.halig, fr. Hael health, salvation, happiness, fr. Hal whole, well; akin to OS. Hlag, D. & G.heilig, OHG. Heilac, Dan. Hellig, Sw. Helig, Icel. Heilagr. See Whole, and cf. Halibut, Halidom, Hallow, Hollyhock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| holy cross | The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Congregation of the Holy Cross, a community of lay brothers and priests, in France and the United States, engaged chiefly in teaching and manual Labour. Originally called Brethren of St. Joseph. The Sisters of the Holy Cross engage in similar work. Holy-cross day, the fourteenth of September, observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Holzknecht | Guido, Austrian radiologist, 1872-1931. See: Holzknecht unit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holzknecht unit | An obsolete unit of X-ray dosage equal to one-fifth of the erythema dose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homacanth | <zoology> Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; said of certain fishes. Origin: Homo + Gr. A spine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| homage | 1. A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign. 2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance. "All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage." (Hooker) "I sought no homage from the race that write." (Pope) 3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. Synonym: Fealty, submission, reverence, honor, respect. Homage, Fealty. Homage was originally the act of a feudal tenant by which he declared himself, on his knees, to be the hommage or bondman of the lord; hence the term is used to denote reverential submission or respect. Fealty was originally the fidelity of such a tenant to his lord, and hence the term denotes a faithful and solemn adherence to the obligations we owe to superior power or authority. We pay our homage to men of preeminent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have been guided. "Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet ! Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet !" (Dryden) "Man, disobeying, Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins Against the high supremacy of heaven." (Milton) Origin: OF.homage, homenage, F. Hommage, LL. Hominaticum, homenaticum, from L. Homo a man, LL. Also, a client, servant, vassal; akin to L. Humus earth, Gr. On the ground, and E. Groom in bridegroom. Cf. Bridegroom, Human. 1. To pay reverence to by external action. 2. To cause to pay homage. Origin: Cf. OF. Hommager. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| homageable | Subject to homage. Origin: Cf. OF. Hommageable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| homager | One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Origin: From Homage: cf. F. Hommager. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| homalocephalous | Having a flattened head. Origin: G. Homalos, level, + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| homalographic | Same as Homolographic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Synonyms : Administrator, Hospital, Administrators, Hospital, Hospital Administrator
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| horseshoe crab |
large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
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| hood |
(slang) a neighborhood
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| hollow-back |
lordosis: an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column
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| holmium |
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
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| homosexual |
someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex sexually attracted to members of your own sex
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| HO | German painter of religious works (1465-1524) |
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| HO | German painter and engraver noted for his portraits |
| HO | earless lizards |
| HO | a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America |
| HO | tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem |
| HO | European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage |
| HO | the act of grasping |
| HO | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
| HO | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it |
| HO | a cell in a jail or prison |
| HO | (archaic) a stronghold |
| HO | power by which something or someone is affected or dominated |