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HEMOGLi IBINEMIA 



[ai/ia, blood; nui'/.ta, a 



Hemitis [hem-i'-tis) [alfia, blood ; trig, inflammation]. 

 A condition of the blood associated with inflammation, 



Hemitriteus [hem il-nt r'-us) [i/iu, half; Tpeig, three]. 

 The semi-tertian form of ague. 



Hemitropous {hem-it* -ro-pus) ['/«', half; rpOTrfj, a 

 turning over]. In biology, amphitropous ; half ana 

 tropOus; applied to the plant-embryo when much 

 curved. 



Hemizonia [hem-iz-o' -ne-ah) [iffii, half; Ztnm, girdle]. 

 A genus of composite-flowered herbs and shrubs, oi 

 which some 19 species are Californian ; they arc- 

 called tar-weeds and resin-weeds. They are generally 

 strongly fragrant, resinous plants, locally esteemed for 

 their balsamic qualities. Unof. 



Hemlock [hem'-lok). See Ionium. H.-bark, a bark 

 used in the manufacture of leather. It is taken from 

 Abies canadensis of Canada and the United States, 

 and contains nearly fourteen per cent, of tannin. It 

 is said to produce a leather harder than oak-bark, but 

 which is less pliable and more pervious to water. H.- 

 extract, a strongly astringent, solid extract of hem 

 lock-bark, q. v. It is principally employed in the 

 arts. H. Spruce. See Abies. # 



Hemo-(/;.7«'-o-)[«i;ra, blood]. A prefix denoting blood 



Hemocelum \hem-o-sef -lum \ 

 cavity]. A blood-cyst. 



Hemochromogen {hem-o-kro' - 

 mo-jeri) [alfia, blood ; xpi.i/ui, 

 color; };i7/e, producing]. An 

 excretory pigment of certain 

 invertebrates. In some bee- 

 tles it has a respiratory func- 

 tion. It is the same as Rn- 

 tt rokematin and Helicorubin. 



Hemochromometer [kem-o- 

 kro-mom f -et-er) [alfia, blood; 

 Xpafia, color ; fiirpov, meas- 

 ure]. Colorimeter ; an instru- 

 ment for estimating the 

 amount of oxyhemoglobin in 

 the blood, by comparing a 

 solution of the blood with a 

 standard solution of picrocar- 

 minate of ammonia. 



Hemochyle [hem'-o-kll \[alfia, 

 blood; x v ^Qi juice]. The 

 blood-lymph of vertebrates. 



Hemocrystallin [hem-o-kris' '- 

 tiil-in). See Hemoglobin. 



Hemocyanin (hem-o-si'-an-in ) 

 [alfia, blood; icvavoc, blue], 



C«7 H 13«l N 2M CuS A.W . ( Grif " 



fiths). A blue proteid pig- 

 ment, having a very constant 

 percentage composition. It 

 is analogous to hemoglobin, 

 but contains copper instead 



The instrument of (lowers, illustrated below, and that 



of 1 noma are those most frequently employed. 

 Hemocytotrypsis [hem-o-si-to-trip , -sis) [alfia, blood; 



irfrroc, cell ; rpijieiv, to rub]. The breaking up of 



blood corpuscles under strong pressure. 

 Hemodiapedesis [kem-o-di-ap-ed-e'-si i [alfia, bl 



SiairfSjioig, an oozing through]. The transudation of 



blood through the skin. 

 Hemodromograph 1 ium-o-dro' -mo-graf). Same as 



Hemotachom 

 Hemodromometer [hem-o-dro-mom'-et-er). See Hema- 



dromometer. 

 Hemodynamometer [hem-o-di-nam-om'-et-er). See 



Hemadynamometer. 

 Hemogallol \hem-o-gal' -ol) [alfia, blood; .:;<///<7, gall- . 



nut]. A proprietary substance occurring as a brownish- 

 powder, and formed by oxidizing the hemoglobin 



of the blood bj pyrogallol. It is used in anemia in 



doses of gr. iss viiss. Unof. 

 Hemogastric [hem-o-gas / -trik) [<upa, blood; yaarfja, 



stomach]. Pertaining to blood in the stomach. 

 Hemogenesis [hem-o-jen' '-ei ta, blood; yiveaic, 



generation]. The formation of blood. 

 Hemogenic (kem-o-jen' '-ik\ [alfia, blood ; yiveatg, gen- 

 eration]. Pertaining to the formation of blood; blood- 

 producing. 



Gowers' Hemocytometer. 



Pipet for measuring the diluted solution. B. Capillary tube for measuring the blood. 

 C. Cell with divisions on the floor, mounted on a slide. D Vessel in which the dilution 

 is made. E. Glass stirrer. F. Guarded spear-pointed needle. 



of iron, and forms the 

 chief constituent in the blood of many invertebrates, 

 in which it acts as the carrier of oxygen. 



Hemocyne Uiem'-o-sin) [alfia, blood; kvcjv, m 

 dog]. The serum of dogs' blood. 



Hemocyte(^v«'-,i-.r;/i[»///H,lil(ioil : m roc,acell]. One of 

 the protistan organisms found in the blood of man and 

 animals, e.g. , the parasite of malarial fever, as -tudied 

 by Lavaran, Celli, Machiafava, Golgi, Councilman, 

 Osier, and Pfeiffer. See Parasit Animal) Table of. 



Hemocytolysis [hem-o-si-tol' '-is-is) [alfia, blood ; ici ro< . 

 cell; Xveiv, to unloose]. The dissolution of blood- 

 corpuscles by means of heat. 



Hemocytometer [hem-o-si-tom' '-et-er) [alfia, blood ; 

 id'Toc, a cell; fiirpov, a measure]. A device for 

 estimating the number of corpuscles in the blood. 



Hemoglobin [hem-o-gl</ -bin) [alfia, blood ; globus, a 

 round body]. I Ieniatoglobin, Hemocrystallin. A 

 doubly-refractive, pleochromatic colloid or crystalline 

 matter, existing in the corpuscles of the blood, and to 

 which their red color i- due. In man the amount is 

 13.77 P er cent., in woman 12.59 per cent., reduced 

 by pregnancy to from o to 12 per cent. It is an oxygen- 

 carrier or respiratory pigment. The crystals of hemo- 

 globin have a dark- red appearance with a strong 

 purple or bluish tint; they are very soluble in water. 



Hemoglobinemia {hem-o-glo-bin-e / -me-ah) [alfia, 

 blood; globus, around body; ama, blood]. A con- 

 dition in which the hemoglobin is dissolved out of the 

 red corpuscles, probably as the result of the destruc- 

 tion of the latter, and is held in solution in the serum 

 The blood is " lake "-colored. It occurs in some in- 



