1256 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



Granulate — To grow or develop in the form of grains, as new flesh in 



the healing of wounds. 

 Gravel — Calculous matter found in the kidneys. 

 Gravid — The state of being with young. 

 Gullet — The oesophagus, or food pipe leading to the stomach. 

 Haggard — Worn down ; thin ; ghastly ; deathlike. 

 Haunch — That part of the body which lies between the last ribs and the 



thigh. In the horse, the bony region of the hips. 

 Haw — The process of the eye-socket, which is thrown over the eye to 



clear it of foreign substances. 

 Haemal — Relating to the blood. 

 Hcematin — The coloring matter of the blood. 

 Hectic — A constitutional and remitting fever exhibited in consumption ; 



produced also by ulcers, sores, etc. 

 Helix — The outer circumference or ring of the external ear. 

 Hemorrhage — A discharge of blood from the vessels containing it. 

 Hepatic — Belonging to the liver. 

 Hepatitis — Influnmiation of the liver. 

 Hepatized — Converted into a liver-like substance. 

 Herbivorous — Feeding on herbs. 

 Hereditary — Inbred from the parents, as disease, color, vices, and other 



peculiarities. 

 Hermaphrodite — Possessing the attributes of both sexes, in a greater or 

 lesser degree ; being of, or including, both sexes. Said of animals, 

 plants or flowers. 

 Hernia — Rupture, or soft tumor formed by the protrusion of any of the 



viscera of the abdomen. 

 Hippopathology — The science which treats of the diseases of horses ; the 



leading branch of veterinary science. 

 Homogeneous — Being of the same kind or quality throughout. 

 Hue — Color. 



Humor — Any fluid of the body, excepting the blood. 

 Humerus — The upper arm-bone ; upper bone of the fore-leg. 

 Hybrid — The offspring of two different species of animals, as of the horse 



and ass (the mule). 

 Hydragogue — A medicine which removes effused fluids from the systi^m. 

 Hydrocephalus — Water in (dropsy of) the head. 

 Hygiene — The preservation of health and prevention of disease. 

 Hypertrophy — Excessive growth. 



Hypodermic — Beneath the skin . Used principally of medicines — as mor- 

 phia, etc., — applied by injection under the skin. 

 Hysterics — A nervous disability, mostly among females. 



