| hip prosthesis | Replacement for a hip joint. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| hip replacement | Surgery to replace all or part of the hip joint with an artificial device that re-establishes normal hip joint motion. Indicated in cases of severe intractable degenerative arthritis (DJD). (27 Sep 1997) |
| hip tree | <botany> The dog-rose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hip-flexion phenomenon | When a hemiplegic attempts to rise from a lying posture, the hip on the paralysed side is flexed first; the same movement takes place on lying down. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hipberries | <botany> The fleshy, light coloured fruit of the rose. Rose hips are an extremely rich source of vitamin C, approximately 120 times as rich as oranges. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hipparion | <paleontology> An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A pony, dim. Of a horse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippe | <zoology> A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward. Synonym: bait bug. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hippel | Eugen von. See: von Hippel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hippel-lindau disease | A syndrome transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait and characterised chiefly by angiomata of the retina and haemangioblastoma of the cerebellum and walls of the fourth ventricle. Ocular complications are often present, as are haemangiomas of the spinal cord, face, and other sites. Symptoms may not be apparent until the third decade in life. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hippelates | The eye gnats, a genus of flies in the family Chloropidae (fruit flies) that are attracted to the body secretions and fluids of animals and man, particularly those in the eyes. Hippelates is suspected of transmitting certain types of conjunctivitis (such as pinkeye), bovine mastitis, and yaws (frambesia tropica). Origin: G. Hippelates, driver of horses (05 Mar 2000) |
| hippobosca | <zoology> A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick. Hippobos"can. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Horse + to feed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hippoboscidae | A family of winged and wingless flies (order Diptera) that are parasitic on birds and mammals; it includes the genera Hippobosca and Melophagus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hippocalcin | <protein> Calcium binding protein related to recoverin. Found exclusively in pyramidal cells of the hippocampus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| hippocampal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the hippocampus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hippocampal commissure | The triangular subcallosal plate of commissural fibres resulting from the converging of the right and left fornix bundles which exchange numerous fibres and which curve back in the contralateral fornix to end in the hippocampus of the opposite side. Synonym: commissura hippocampi, commissure of fornix, delta fornicis, hippocampal commissure, psalterium, transverse fornix. (05 Mar 2000) |