| HFC | hard filled capsule; high-frequency current; histamine-forming capacity |
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| HH | halothane hepatitis; hard-of-hearing; healthy hemophiliac; healthy human; hiatal hernia; holistic he... |
| HOH | hard of hearing |
| HXIS | hard x-ray imaging spectrometry |
| SHHH | self-help for hard of hearing |
| CL (P) | cleft palate |
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| CPO | cleft palate only |
| MEPM | murine embryonic palate mesenchymal |
| soft palate | The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone and so is soft. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| tensor muscle of soft palate | <anatomy> Tensor muscle of soft palate, musculus tensor palati; musculus palatosalpingeus; musculus sphenosalpingostaphylinus; dilator tubae; origin, scaphoid fossa of sphenoid, cartilaginous and membranous part of auditory (eustachian) tube and spine of sphenoid; insertion, posterior border of hard palate and aponeurosis of soft palate; action, tenses the soft palate; contributes to opening of auditory tube; nerve supply, branches of trigeminal nerve through the otic ganglion. Synonym: musculus tensor veli palatini, dilator tubae, musculus palatosalpingeus, musculus sphenosalpingostaphylinus, musculus tensor palati, palatosalpingeus, tensor muscle of soft palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elevator muscle of soft palate | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, apex of petrous portion of temporal bone and lower part of cartilaginous auditory (eustachian) tube; insertion, aponeurosis of soft palate; action, raises soft palate; through the expansion of its fleshy belly during contraction, it helps to "push" open the auditory tube; nerve supply, pharyngeal plexus (cranial root of accessory nerve). Synonym: musculus levator veli palatini, elevator muscle of soft palate, levator palati muscle, musculus levator palati, musculus petrostaphylinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| falling palate | Relaxation or elongation of the uvula. Synonym: falling palate, staphylodialysis, staphyloptosis, uvulaptosis. Origin: uvulo-+ G. Ptosis, a falling (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard | 1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. "And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince." (Dryden) "My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself." (Shak) 2. With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard. 3. Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly. (Shak) 4. So as to raise difficulties. " The guestion is hard set". (Sir T. Browne) 5. With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard. 6. Close or near. "Whose house joined hard to the synagogue." (Acts xviii.7) Hard by, near by; close at hand; not far off. "Hard by a cottage chimney smokes." . Hard pushed, Hard run, greatly pressed; as, he was hard pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. Hard up, closely pressed by want or necessity; without money or resources; as, hard up for amusements. Hard in nautical language is often joined to words of command to the helmsman, denoting that the order should be carried out with the utmost energy, or that the helm should be put, in the direction indicated, to the extreme limit, as, Hard aport! Hard astarboard! Hard alee! Hard aweather up! Hard is also often used in composition with a participle; as, hard-baked; hard-earned; hard-working; hard-won. Origin: OE. Harde, AS. Hearde. 1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem." "The hard causes they brought unto Moses." (Ex. Xviii. 26) "In which are some things hard to be understood." (2 Peter III. 16) 3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure. 4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful. "The stag was too hard for the horse." (L'Estrange) " A power which will be always too hard for them." (Addison) 5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms. "I never could drive a hard bargain." (Burke) 6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character. 7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. "Figures harder than even the marble itself." (Dryden) 8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider. 9. (Pron) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another;- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc. 10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone. 11. Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the colouring or light and shade. Hard cancer, Hard case, etc. See Cancer, Case, etc. Hard clam, or Hard-shelled clam, a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering. Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions. Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. <zoology> Hard oyster, the northern native oyster. Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan. Hard rubber. See Rubber. Hard solder. See Solder. Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness.- Hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc.- In hard condition, in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles;-said of race horses. Synonym: Solid, arduous, powerful, trying, unyielding, stubborn, stern, flinty, unfeeling, harsh, difficult, severe, obdurate, rigid. See Solid, and Arduous. Origin: OE. Heard, AS. Heard; akin to OS. & D. Heard, G. Hart, OHG. Harti, Icel. Harr, Dan. Haard, Sw. Hard, Goth. Hardus, Gr. Strong, strength, and also to E. -ard, as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr. Kratu strength, to do, make. Gf.Hardy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hard cataract | A cataract involving the nucleus. Synonym: hard cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard chancre | <dermatology> The primary skin lesion of syphilis which begins at the site of infection after an interval of 10-30 days as a papule or red ulcerated skin lesion. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hard corn | The usual form of corn over a toe joint. Synonym: heloma durum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard grass | <botany> A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the species of aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hard-hearted | Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. Hard"-heartedness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hard pad disease | A form of canine distemper characterised by hyperkeratosis of the foot pads and nose. See: canine distemper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard pad virus | The virus causing hard pad disease, probably canine distemper virus, but sometimes not recovered. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard papilloma | A wart, corn, or cutaneous horn. Synonym: hard papilloma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard paraffin | A purified mixture of solid hydrocarbons derived from petroleum. Synonym: paraffin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard pulse | A pulse that strikes forcibly against the tip of the finger and is with difficulty compressed, suggesting hypertension. Synonym: pulsus durus. (05 Mar 2000) |