| hemimetabolic | <zoology> Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| hemimetabolous | Pertaining to a member of the series of insect orders, the Hemimetabola, in which simple or incomplete metamorphosis is found. Origin: hemi-+ G. Metabole, change (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemimethylated DNA | <molecular biology> Duplex DNA where only one of the two strands are methylated and is important for regulating and protecting DNA. (13 Nov 1997) |
| hemimorphic | <chemistry> Having the two ends modified with unlike planes; said of a crystal. Origin: Hemi- + Gr. Form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hemin | <physiology> A substance, in the form of reddish brown, microscopic, prismatic crystals, formed from dried blood by the action of strong acetic acid and common salt; called also Teichmann's crystals. Chemically, it is a hydrochloride of haematin. The obtaining of these small crystals, from old blood clots or suspected blood stains, constitutes one of the best evidences of the presence of blood. Origin: Gr. Blood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hemina | Origin: L, fr. Gr. 1. A measure of half a sextary. 2. <medicine> A measure equal to about ten fluid ounces. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hemionus | <zoology> A wild ass found in Thibet; the kiang. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A half ass, a mule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hemiopalgia | Pain in one eye, usually accompanied by hemicrania. Origin: hemi-+ G. Ops, eye, + algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemiopsia | <medicine> A defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at. Origin: Gr. Opsis = vision (09 Mar 1998) |
| hemipagus | Conjoined twins that are united laterally at the thorax; the zone of union may also involve the neck and jaws. See: conjoined twins. Origin: hemi-+ G. Pagos, something fixed (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemipancreatectomy | Surgical resection of half of the pancreas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hemiparaplegia | <neurology> Paralysis of one leg. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hemiparasite | <microbiology> An organism which lives on and derives part of its nourishment from a different organism, and is partially self-supporting. (09 Oct 1997) |
| hemiparesis | <neurology> Paralysis affecting only one side of the body. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hemipelvectomy | Amputation of a lower limb through the sacroiliac joint. (12 Dec 1998) |