| HBCG | heat-aggregated Calmette-Guerin bacillus |
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| HC | hair cell; hairy cell; handicapped; head circumference; head compression; health care; healthy contr... |
| HEAT | human erythrocyte agglutination test |
| HELP | Hawaii early learning profile; Health Education Library Program; Health Emergency Loan Program; Heal... |
| HIA | Hearing Industries Association; heat infusion agar; hemagglutination inhibition antibody or assay |
| innate heat | In ancient Greek medicine, the heat of the heart sustained by the pneuma and distributed by the arteries throughout the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| unit of heat | Calorie (gram calorie; kilocalorie) Synonym: British thermal unit. Synonym: joule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| latent heat | The amount of heat that a substance may absorb without an increase in temperature, as in conversion from solid to liquid state (ice to water at 0캜), or from liquid to gaseous state (water to steam at 100캜). Compare: sensible heat. (05 Mar 2000) |