| hematotherma | <zoology> The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; the antithesis to haematocrya. Origin: NL, from Gr. A"i^ma, a"imatos, blood + thermos warm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hematothermal | <physiology> Having warm blood; applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hematoxylin | <chemical> Basophilic stain that gives a blue colour (to the nucleus of a cell for example), commonly used in conjunction with eosin that stains the cytoplasm pink or red. Various modifications of haematoxylin have been developed. The histopathologist's H&E is haematoxylin and eosin. (18 Nov 1997) |