| human thrombin | Thrombin obtained from human plasma by precipitation with suitable salts and organic solvents; same uses as thrombin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| humane | Marked by sympathy, compassion or concern for other humans or for animals. (09 Oct 1997) |
| humanism | An ethical system which emphasizes human values and the personal worth of each individual, as well as concern for the dignity and freedom of humankind. (12 Dec 1998) |
| humanistic psychology | An existential approach to psychology which emphasizes humans' uniqueness, subjectivity, and capacity for psychological growth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| humanity | Origin: L. Humanitas: cf. F. Humanite. See Human. 1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings. 2. Mankind collectively; the human race. "But hearing oftentimes The still, and music humanity." (Wordsworth) "It is a debt we owe to humanity." (S. S. Smith) 3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness. "The common offices of humanity and friendship." 4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature. "Polished with humanity and the study of witty science." (Holland) 5. (With definite article) The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters. The cultivation of the languages, literature, history, and archaeology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called literae humaniores, or, in English, the humanities, . . . By way of opposition to the literae divinae, or divinity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| humanize | 1. To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. "Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion?" (Addison) 2. To give a human character or expression to. "Humanised divinities." 3. <medicine> To convert into something human or belonging to man; as, to humanize vaccine lymph. Origin: Cf. F. Humaniser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| humate | <chemistry> A salt of humic acid. Origin: L. Humus the earth, ground. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| humation | Interment; inhumation. Origin: L. Humatio, fr. Humare to cover with earth, to inter, fr. Humus the earth, ground. See Homage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| humble | 1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. "THy humble nest built on the ground." (Cowley) 2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest. "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." (Jas. Iv. 6) "She should be humble who would please." (Prior) "Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . Religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. <botany>" (Washington) Humble plant, a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M. Sensitiva). To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humilitation; a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. Origin: F, fr. L. Humilis on the ground, low, fr. Humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| humblebee | <zoology> The bumblebee. Origin: OE. Humbilbee, hombulbe; cf. D. Hommel, G. Hummel, OHG. Humbal, Dan. Humle, Sw. Humla; perh. Akin to hum. Cf. Bumblebee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Humby knife | A knife with a roller and a calibration device to cut skin grafts of different thickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| humectant | A diluent drink or medicine. Origin: L. Humectans, p.pr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| humectation | 1. Therapeutic application of moisture. 2. Serous infiltration of the tissues. 3. Soaking of a crude drug in water preparatory to the making of an extract. Origin: L. Humecto, pp. -mectus, to moisten, fr. Humeo, to be damp (05 Mar 2000) |
| humeral | 1. Of, relating to or situated in the region of the humerus: brachial. 2. Of or belonging to the shoulder. 3. Of, relating to or being any of several body parts that are analogous in structure, function or location to the humerus or shoulder. (18 Nov 1997) |
| humeral artery | <anatomy, artery> The artery that runs from the shoulder down to the elbow. (12 Dec 1998) |