| HANE | Acronym for hereditary angioneurotic oedema. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hanes plot | A graphical representation of enzyme kinetic data in which the substrate concentration divided by the velocity (i.e., the [S]/v ratio) is plotted on the vertical axis as a function of [S]. Sometimes referred to as the Hanes-Wilkinson plot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hangbird | <zoology> The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hanger | 1. One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman. 2. That by which a thing is suspended. Especially: A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended. <machinery> A part that suspends a journal box in which shafting runs. A bridle iron. 3. That which hangs or is suspended, as a sword worn at the side; especially, in the 18th century, a short, curved sword. 4. A steep, wooded declivity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hanging | 1. Requiring, deserving, or foreboding death by the halter. "What a hanging face!" 2. Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves. 3. Adapted for sustaining a hanging object; as, the hanging post of a gate, the post which holds the hinges. Hanging compass, a compass suspended so that the card may be read from beneath. Hanging garden, a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon. Hanging indentation. See Indentation. Hanging rail, the upper wall of inclined vein, or that which hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hanging drop | A drop of liquid on the undersurface of the object glass for examination under the microscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hanging drop slide | <microscopy> A glass slide with a concavity or a built-up chamber which allows a drop of culture to be placed on a cover- slip inverted over the cell. It makes possible the examination of freely moving protozoa, etc., confined only by the limits of the drop and the bottom surface of the coverslip. (05 Aug 1998) |
| hanging septum | The deformity caused by an abnormal width of the septal portion of the alar cartilages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hanging-block culture | The propagation of microorganisms on a cube of solidified agar medium which is inoculated, attached to a cover glass, and inverted over a moist chamber or hollowed slide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hangman's fracture | <radiology> Bilateral fracture of pedicles of axis (C2) see also: axis fractures, cervical spine fractures (12 Dec 1998) |
| hangnail | A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. Origin: A corruption of agnail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Hanhart's syndrome | micrognathia with peromelia |
| Hanhart, Ernst | <person> Swiss internist, 1891-1973. See: Hanhart's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hank | 1. A parcel consisting of two or more skeins of yarn or thread tied together. 2. A rope or withe for fastening a gate. 3. Hold; influence. "When the devil hath got such a hank over him." (Bp. Sanderson) 4. A ring or eye of rope, wood, or iron, attached to the edge of a sail and running on a stay. Origin: Cf. Dan. Hank handle, Sw. Hank a band or tie, Icel. Hanki hasp, clasp, honk, hangr, hank, coil, skein, G. Henkel, henk, handle; ar prob. Akin to E. Hang. See Hang. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hanker | 1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. "He was hankering to join his friend." (J. A. Symonds) 2. To linger in expectation or with desire. Origin: Prob. Fr. Hang; cf. D. Hunkeren, hengelen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |