| 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) |
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| 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) |
| humeral articulation | A ball-and-socket synovial joint between the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity of the scapula. Synonym: articulatio humeri, glenohumeral articulation, humeral articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| humeral head | The name applied to the heads of forearm muscles that attach to the humerus. Nomina Anatomica lists humeral heads (caput humerale...) of the following: 1) flexor carpli ulnaris muscle (... Musculi flexoris carpi ulnaris ); 2) pronator teres muscle (... Musculi pronatoris teretis ). Synonym: caput humerale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| humeroradial | Relating to both humerus and radius; denoting especially the ratio of length of one to the other. (05 Mar 2000) |
| humeroradial articulation | The portion of the elbow joint between the capitulum of the humerus and the head of the radius. Synonym: articulatio humeroradialis, humeroradial articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| humeroradial joint | The portion of the elbow joint between the capitulum of the humerus and the head of the radius. Synonym: articulatio humeroradialis, humeroradial articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| humeroscapular | Humeral and scapular, of or relating to the shoulder or the scapula. (18 Nov 1997) |
| humeroulnar | Relating to both humerus and ulna; denoting especially the ratio of length of one to the other. (05 Mar 2000) |