| hidrosis | The production and excretion of sweat. Synonym: idrosis. Origin: G. Hidros, sweat, + -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hidrotic | Relating to or causing hidrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia | Congenital dystrophy of the nails and hair with thickened nails and sparse or absent scalp hair; often associated with keratoderma of the palms and soles; teeth and sweat gland function are normal; autosomal dominant inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hierapicra | <medicine> A warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Sacred + bitter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierarchy | 1. Any system of persons or things ranked one above the other. 2. In psychology and psychiatry, an organization of habits or concepts in which simpler components are combined to form increasingly complex integrations. Origin: G. Hierarchia, rule or power of the high priest (05 Mar 2000) |
| hierarchy of terms | In radiology, the semantic concept of using different terms to describe anatomic or pathologic structures versus the resultant diagnostic images. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hierarchy, social | Social rank-order established by certain behavioural patterns. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hieroglyphic | 1. A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a. 2. Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark. Origin: Cf. F. Hieroglyphe. See Hieroglyphic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierographic | Of or pertaining to sacred writing. Origin: L. Hierographicus, Gr., cf. F. Hierographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierographical | Of or pertaining to sacred writing. Origin: L. Hierographicus, Gr., cf. F. Hierographique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierography | Sacred writing. Origin: Gr.; sacred + to write: cf. F. Hierographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierological | Pertaining to hierology. Origin: Cf. F. Hierologique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierologist | One versed in, or whostudies, hierology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hierology | <study> A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science. Origin: Gr.; sacred + discourse: cf. F. Hierologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hieromancy | Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice. Origin: Gr. Sacreo + divination: cf. F. Hieromantie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |