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ature. H. Pelvic Posture. See Postures, Table of. 

 H.-ride Sitting, in massage, sitting astride a high stool 

 or narrow bench in order to fix the pelvis. 



Highgate Resin (hi' -gat rez'-iri). See Copalin. 



Highmore, Antrum of. A cavity in the superior max- 

 illary bone. H.'s Antrum of the Testicle. See 

 Antrum. 



Highmorianum, Corpus (hi-mor-e-an' -um kor'-pus) 

 [L.]. See Corpus. 



Hilar (hi'-lar) \_hUum, a little thing]. In biology, 

 pertaining to the hilum. 



Hill Diarrhea. Hill colic. A peculiar type of diarrhea 

 prevailing in certain hill-districts of India, marked by 

 pernicious fever, extreme pain, and often speedy death. 



Hill's Stopping. A preparation consisting principally 

 of bleached gutta-percha, carbonate of lime, and quartz, 

 used for filling teeth. 



Hilton's Law. See Law. H.'s Line. See Lines, 

 Table of. H.'s Muscle. See Muscles, Table of. 

 H.'s Sac, a laryngeal pouch. 



Hilum (hi'-lum) [hilum, a. little thing: pi. , Hila\ 

 In biology : («)the point of attachment of an ovule or a 

 seed to its funiculus, or if sessile, to the placenta ; (b) 

 a small pit, scar, recess, or opening in an animal 

 structure, especially the notch on the internal or con- 

 cave border of the kidney. 



Hinckes-Bird Method. See Ventilation. 



Hind [hind) [MJL., hindere, hinder]. Pertaining to the 

 rear or posterior extremity. H. -brain, a division of 

 the brain, developing from a funnel-shaped tube in the 

 embryo to an anterior lobe that becomes the cerebel- 

 lum, and a posterior lobe that becomes the medulla 

 oblongata. H.-gut, that part of the embryonic intes- 

 tine from which the extreme aboral part of the large 

 intestine is developed. See Epigaster. H.-head, the 

 occiput. H.-limb, one of the posterior limbs of a 

 quadruped. 



Hinge-joint [kin/ -joint) . See Diarthrosis. 



Hinoid (hin'-oid) [ig-(iv.), strength; eldoc, form]. In 

 biology, applied to leaves the veins of which are 

 parallel and undivided and set at right angles to the 

 midrib. 



Hip [ME., /tipe, hir>~\. I. The upper part of the thigh 

 at its junction with the buttocks. 2. The hip-joint. 

 3. The coxa or first joint of an insect's leg. 4. To 

 sprain the hip. 5. The fruit of the rose. Confection 

 of hips, confectio rosae caninae. H.-bath. See Bath. 

 H.-bone, the ischium. H. -girdle, the pelvic arch. 

 H. -joint, the articulation of the femur with the 

 haunch-bone or innominate bone. H. -joint Dis- 

 ease, an arthritis of the hip-joint ; an affection of 

 early life, and according as it begins in the head of 

 the femur, the acetabulum, or in the synovial mem- 

 brane and proper structures of the joint, divided 

 respectively into Femoral, Acetabular, and Arthritic. 

 Its etiology is obscure, its symptoms pain (coxalgia), 

 swelling, and deformity. Coxalgia is incorrectly used 

 as a synonym. 



Hipling (hip'-ling) [ME., hipe, hip]. In obstetrics, a 

 hip-presentation of the fetus. 



Hippanthropy (hip-an' -thro-pe) [lttttoc, horse ; avdpu- 

 -<>r, man]. A form of zoanthropy in which the 

 patient believes that he is a horse. 



Hippiater (hip-e-a'-ter) [lkttoc, a horse; larp6c, a phy- 

 sician] . A horse-doctor ; a farrier. 



Hippiatric (liip-e-at'-ric) [iinror, a horse ; iarp6q, a 

 physician]. Pertaining to veterinary surgery. 



Hippiatry (liip-i'-at-re) ["unror, horse ; larpela, medical 

 art]. Veterinary medicine, in so far as it relates to 

 the horse ; farriery. 



Hippocamp (hip'-o-kamp) [Ittttoc, horse; Ka/xirog, a 

 sea-monster]. The hippocampus major. 



Hippocampal ihip-o-kam'-pal) [otttoc, horse; «d/z7roc, 

 a sea-monster.] Relating to the hippocampus. 



Hippocampus (hip-o-kam' '-pus) [itttoc , horse ; nafinoq, 

 a sea-monster]. A name applied to two elevations, 

 //. major and H. minor, the former situated in the in- 

 ferior, and the latter in the posterior horn of the 

 ventricles of the brain. When the name Hippocam- 

 pus is used alone, the H. major is meant. 



Hippocoryza (hip-o-ko-ri'-zah). Synonym of Equinia, 



Hippocras (hip' -o-kras)\^iTnroc, horse ; /cpdroc, strength]. 

 An old-fashioned cordial or liquor, made of red wine, 

 sweetened and flavored. 



Hippocrates' Bandage. See Bandage. 



Hippocratic (hip-o-krat'-ik) [Hippocrates, a Greek 

 physician of the fourth century]. Pertaining to Hip- 

 pocrates. H. Expression, an anxious expression of 

 the countenance, described as characteristic of peri- 

 tonitis. H. Face. See Fades. H. Finger. See H. 

 Nail. H. Nail, a peculiar curvation of the nails 

 seen in pulmonary tuberculosis and other lung dis- 

 eases. They are curved, longitudinally striated, over- 

 lapping the finger like the beak of a parrot. The 

 condition is also called Hippocratic Finger. H. 

 Sound. See Succussion-sound. 



Hippocratism (hip-ok' -rat-izm) [Hippocrates, a Greek 

 physician]. Hippocrates' doctrine of imitating nature 

 in the treatment of disease. 



Hippocrepian (hip-o-kre' '-pe-an) [nrirog , a horse ; Kpqmg, 

 a boot]. In biology, horse-shoe-shaped ; hippocrepi- 

 form, as a certain deformity of the kidney. 



Hippocrepiform (hip-o-krepS-iform). See Hippocre- 

 pian . 



Hippolith (hip' -o-lith) ['i7T7roc, horse; lidog, stone]. A 

 calculus or bezoar found in the stomach of the 

 horse. 



Hippology (hip-ol' -o-ie) [imrog, horse ; ^-6yog, knowl- 

 edge]. The anatomy, pathology, etc., of the horse. 



Hippomane (hip-om'-an-e) ['nrTrofiaveg ; Imroq, horse ; 

 fiavia, madness ; the ancients believed that horses 

 were madly fond of a plant called by this name]. A 

 genus of euphorbiaceous trees. H. mancinella and 

 H. spinosa, the manchineal trees of tropical America, 

 are extremely acrid and poisonous, even to the 

 touch. They are used locally in medicine, especially 

 in skin-diseases. Unof. 



Hippomelanin (hip-o- mel' -an-in) [irnror, horse ; pelac, 

 black]. A pigment found in melanotic tumors in 

 horses. 



Hippopathology (hip-o-path-ol'-o-je) [imrog, horse; 

 iraBog, disease; 2.6yog, science]. The science of the 

 diseases of the horse. 



Hippophagy (hip-off -a-je) [<7r7roc, horse ; (payelv, to 

 eat]. The eating of horse-flesh. 



Hipposteology (hip-os-te-ol'-o-je) ['J7r7roc, horse ; bortov, 

 bone; Aoyog, science]. The science of osteology as 

 applied to the horse. 



Hippotomy (hip-ot'-o-me) [itttvoc, horse ; rout/, a cut- 

 ting]. The anatomy or dissection of the horse. 



Hippurate (hip'-u-rdt) [iTvnog, horse; ovpov, urine]. 

 Any salt of hippuric acid, q. v. 



Hippuria (hip-u'-re-ah) [Imrng, horse ; ovpov, urine]. 

 Excess of hippuric acid in the urine, e.g., after medi- 

 cation with benzoic acid. 



Hippuric Acid (liip-n'-rik). See Acid. 



Hippuris (hip-u'-ris) [i-rroiywc, horse-tail]. 1. A j 

 of halorageaceous aquatic herbs, common in all cool 

 regions. H. vulgaris is astringent. Unof. 2. The 

 cauda equina, q. v. 



Hippus (hip'-us) [Jttttoc, horse, from analogy to the 

 movement of this animal]. Spasmodic pupillary move 

 ment, independent of the action of light. 



Hircin (her' -sin). See Acid, Hircic. 



