| holistic nursing | A philosophy of nursing practice that takes into account total patient care, considering the physical, emotional, social, economic, and spiritual needs of patients, their response to their illnesses, and the effect of illness on patients' abilities to meet self-care needs. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| holistic psychology | Any psychologic system which postulates that the human mind or any mental process must be studied as a unit; e.g., gestaltism, existential psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holl's ligament | <anatomy> Ligament joining the corpora cavernosa clitoridis in front of the urinary meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holl, Moritz | <person> Austrian surgeon, 1852-1920. See: Holl's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hollander test | A test to determine the completeness of vagotomy for peptic ulcer; after the surgical procedure is performed, insulin is administered to cause hypoglycaemia; if vagotomy is complete, the acid output from the stomach following administration of insulin is less than that before insulin administration; if the reverse if true, incomplete vagotomy is likely. Synonym: Hollander test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hollander, Franklin | <person> U.S. Physiologist, 1899-1966. See: Hollander test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hollenhorst plaques | Glittering, orange-yellow, atheromatous emboli in the retinal arterioles that contain cholesterol crystals and originate in the carotid artery or great vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hollenhorst, Robert | <person> U.S. Ophthalmologist, *1913. See: Hollenhorst plaques. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Holliday junction | <molecular biology> A structure which occurs during homologous recombination between homologous chromosomes. While the two chromosomes are side by side, one strand of DNA on each chromosome is broken and then attached to the broken strand of DNA on the other chromosome. The crossover point, which is called the Holliday junction, is able to slide up and down between the two chromosomes, so that a little or a lot of DNA can ultimately be switched between them. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Holliday structure | <molecular biology> A structure which occurs during homologous recombination between homologous chromosomes. While the two chromosomes are side by side, one strand of DNA on each chromosome is broken and then attached to the broken strand of DNA on the other chromosome. The crossover point, which is called the Holliday junction, is able to slide up and down between the two chromosomes, so that a little or a lot of DNA can ultimately be switched between them. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Holliday, R | <person> See: Holliday junction, Holliday structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hollow | 1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree. 2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. "Forests grew Upon the barren hollows." (Prior) "I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood." (Tennyson) 1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. "Hollow with boards shalt thou make it." (Ex. Xxvii. 8) 2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. "With hollow eye and wrinkled brow." (Shak) 3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. 4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. Hollow newel, a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. Hollow root. <botany> See Moschatel. Hollow square. See Square. Hollow ware, hollow vessels; a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc. Synonym: Concave, sunken, low, vacant, empty, void, false, faithless, deceitful, treacherous. Origin: OE. Holow, holgh, holf, AS. Holh a hollow, hole. Cf. Hole. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hollow back | Accentuation of the lumbar curvature of the spine. (27 Sep 1997) |
| hollow bone | A bone that is hollow or contains many air cells, such as the mastoid process of the temporal bone. Synonym: os pneumaticum, hollow bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hollow fibre reactor | A fermentation system in which the cells are separated from the medium using semipermeable membranes arranged in the form of hollow fibres. (14 Nov 1997) |
Synonyms : Homocysteine Methyltransferase, Homocysteine Transmethylase, S-Adenosylmethionine Homocysteine Methyltransferase, S-Methylmethionine Homocysteine Methyltransferase, Homocysteine Methyltransferase, S-Adenosylmethionine, Homocysteine S Methyltransferase
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Synonyms : Deficiency Disease, Cystathionine beta-Synthase, Cystathionine beta Synthase Deficiency Disease, Deficiency Disease, Cystathionine beta Synthase
Synonyms : Homogentisate Dioxygenase, Homogentisate Oxidase, Homogentisate Oxygenase, Homogentisic Acid Oxidase, 1, 2-Dioxygenase, Homogentisate, Acid Oxidase, Homogentisic, Dioxygenase, Homogentisate, Homogentisate 1, 2 Dioxygenase, Oxidase, Homogentisate
Synonyms : Acid, Homogentisic
| hominal |
of humankind as a species; "the hominal kingdom"
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| hormone |
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
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| hoarseness |
gruffness: a throaty harshness
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| hominoid |
a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
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| horseradish peroxidase |
an enzyme used in immunohistochemistry to label antigens and their antibodies
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| HO | a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers |
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| HO | a meter that shows mileage traversed |
| HO | (physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle |
| HO | a blind god |
| HO | a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle |
| HO | dig with a hoe |
| HO | the handle of a hoe |
| HO | thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal |
| HO | one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind |
| HO | United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union |
| HO | versatile United States film actor (born in 1937) |
| HO | United States sculptor (1887-1966) |