HEMATOTHORACIC 



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HEMOCAT ATOMISTIC 



Hematothoracic [hem-at-o-thor-as'-ik). Relating to 

 hematothorax. 



Hematotic {hem-at-ot'-ik). Relating to hematosis. 



Hematotympanum (kem-at-o-tim'-pan-um) [«'/*<*, 

 blood; Tiu-avor, drum]. Bloody exudation in the 

 drum-cavity. 



Hematozemia {hem-at-o-ze / -me-ah) \a.\ua, blood; ZTjina, 

 a loss]. A gradual or periodic discharge of blood. 



Hematozymosis {hem-at-o-zi-mo'-sis) \a\ua, blood; 

 It uuxstc, fermentation]. Fermentation of the blood. 



Hematropin [hem-at'-ro-pin). Phenylglycolyltropein ; 

 a fluid preparation of hemoglobin. 



Hematuria. (See Illus. Diet.) Syn., Mictio omenta ; 

 Mictus emeritus. H. aegyptica. See H, Endemic. 

 H., Chylous, hematochyluria. H., Endemic, a 

 form occurring in tropic countries due to parasites 

 peculiar to the particular locality. H., False, the 

 discharge of red urine due to the ingestion of food or 

 drugs containing red pigments. H., Hysteric, H., 

 Nervous, that due to nervous excitement. 



Hemelytrometra {hem el-it-ro-me' -trah) \aiua, blood; 

 iAvrpuv, a sheath; uijrpa, womb]. An accumulation 

 of blood in the uterus and vagina. H. lateralis, a 

 collection of menstrual blood in the rudimentary half 

 of a double vagina. 



Hemeropathia (hem-ur-o-palh' e-ah) [fjuipa, day; 

 - <;, disease]. I. Any disease lasting but one day. 

 2. A disease that is more severe during the day. 



Hemiacephalia {hem-e-ah-sef-al'-e-ah) \jjtu, half; a, 

 priv. ; Ktoa'/r), head]. A monstrosity having a shape- 

 less tumor representing the head, in which portions of 

 the encephalon are contained. Syn. , Acephalia spuria ; 

 Hypacephalia. 



Hemiageusia (hem-e-ah-gu' -se-ah) [>)fii, half; a, priv.; 

 yevaic, taste]. One-sided loss or diminution of the 

 sense of taste. 



Hemiamaurosis {hem-e-am-aw-ro / -sis) \fiui, half; 

 auaipuais, amaurosis]. A form of transitory blind- 

 ness in which hemiopia is combined with amblyopia 

 in the other half of the visual field. 



Hemiamblyopia (hem-e-am-ble-o / '-pe-ah). See Hemi- 

 anopsia (Illus. Diet.). 



Hemianesthesia. (See Illus. Diet.) H., Alternate, 

 that affecting one side of the head and the opposite 

 side of the body. H., Bulbar, that due to disease of 

 the oblongata. H., Cerebral, due to lesion in one of 

 the cerebral hemispheres in the part of the capsula 

 between the thalamus and dorsal part of the lenticula. 

 H., Crossed. I. That associated with motor paraly- 

 sis of the opposite half of the body. 2. See H., Alter- 

 nate. H., Functional, that due to functional causes 

 rather than to cerebral or spinal lesion. H., Hys- 

 teric, tactile and thermal hemianesthesia coming on 

 gradually or suddenly and of variable duration in hys- 

 teric subjects. H., Organic, due to lesion in the 

 central nervous system. H., Saturnine, that due to 

 lead-poisoning. H., Tiirck's, anesthesia affecting 

 the functions of the posterior spinal roots of one side, 

 at times also those of the nerves of special sense. It 

 is caused by lesions of the posterior portion of the cap- 

 sula and the contiguous region of the corona radiata. 



Hemianopsia. (See Illus. Diet.) See Sign, Wei- 

 's (Illus. Diet J. H., Equilateral. See H., 

 Homonymous (Illus. Diet.). H., Lateral, H. later- 

 alis, a form in which the temporal half of one visual 

 field and the nasal half of the other visual field are 

 wanting ; a vertical line through the center of vision 

 sharply defining the defect. H. temporaria, H., 

 Temporary. See Teichopsia (Illus. Diet.). H., 

 Vertical. See H, Lateral. 



Hemiarthrosis hem-e-ar-thro' -sis\ [//«<, half; apdpuotc, 

 a joining]. A false synchondrosis. 

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Hemiatonia (hem-e-at-o / tte-ah) [//,««, half; arovia, 

 want of tone]. Diminution or loss of muscular or 

 vital energy in one half of the body. H. apoplectica, 

 v. Bechterew's name for hemihypertonia postapoplec- 

 tica. 



Hemicellulose {hem-e-sel* '-u-los) \Jjui, half ; cellula, a 

 little cell]. A collective term for all the carbohydrates 

 present in the cell-wall which are not colored blue bv 

 chlor-zinc-iodid. 



Hemichromanopsia {hem-e-kro-man-op 1 se-ah). See 

 Hemiachromatopsia (Illus. Diet.). 



Hemichromosome \hem-e-kro / -mo-som) [qui, half; 

 chromosome]. The body formed by the longitudinal 

 splitting of the chromosome. 



Hemicraniectomy [hem-e-kra-ne-el/ -tome) [>}///, half; 

 craniectomy]. Doyen's operation of sectioning the 

 cranial vault near the mesial line, from before back- 

 ward, and pressing the entire side outward to expose 

 one-half of the brain. 



Hemicranin (hem-e-hra'-nin). A proprietary remedy 

 for neuralgia said to consist of phenacetin, 5 parts; 

 caffein, I part ; citric acid, I part. Dose, 5- 1 5 gr. 



Hemihypalgesia (hem-e-hi-pal-je / -se-ah) [i,ui, half; 

 Jiypatgesia]. Hypalgesia limited to one side of the 

 body. 



Hemihypertonia {hem-e-hi-pur-to'-ne-ah) \j)ui, half; 

 hypertonia]. Increased muscular tonicity confined to 

 one-half of the body. H. postapoplectica, a name 

 given by Spiller (1900) to an intermittent tonic spasm 

 distributed over one-half of the body, affecting at times 

 different groups of muscles without loss of power in 

 the muscles affected. It follows an apoplectic attack. 

 Cf. Hypertonia postapoplectica. 



Hemihypogeusia {hem-e-hipo-gu' '-se-ah). See Hem- 

 iageusia. 



Hemihypothermia {hem-e-hi-po-thur f -me-ah) [nut, 

 half; t'rro, under; fepur/, heat]. Diminution of the 

 temperature limited to one side of the body. 



Hemilytic (hem-e-lit / -ik) [i)ui, half; '/.imc, a loosing]. 

 Relating to a condition of retarded change. 



Hemiparanesthesia Jiem-e-far-an-es-the'-ze-ah) [f/ut, 

 half; paranesthesia]. Paranesthesia limited to one 

 side of the body and due to destructive lesion of the 

 lateral half of the spinal cord. 



Hemiplectic {hem-e-plek'-tik). Same as Hemiplegic. 



Hemiplegia, Hemiplegy. (See Illus. Diet.) See 

 Sign, Prezost's. H., Choreic, that followed by 

 chorea, especially in young adults. H., Gubler's, 

 hemiplegia of the extremities with crossed paralysis of 

 the cranial motor nerves, especially the facial. H., 

 Homolateral, uncrossed hemiplegia. 



Hemiplegiac {Jnm-e-ple'-je-ak). An individual affected 

 with hemiplegia. 



Hemiplegic {hem-e-plej'-ik). Relating to or affected 

 with hemiplegia ; hemiplectic ; hemiplexicus. 



Hemithermoanesthesia ( hem-e-thur-mo-an-es-the / -ze- 

 ah) \//ui, half; dipuTj, heat; anesthesia]. Insensi- 

 bility to heat and cold limited to one side of the body. 



Hemitonia (hem-e-to'-ne-ah) \i t ui, half; roroc, tension]- 

 One-sided, tonic muscle-contraction in brain-disease. 



YLemiXox'mihem-e-toks'-in) [r/ui, half; toxin]. A toxin 

 deprived of half of its original toxicitv. 



Hemoagglutination (hem-o-ag-glu-tina'-shun). The 

 clumping of red blood-corpuscles. Cf. Hemaioagglu- 

 tinin. 



Hemobilinuria {hem-o-bil-in-u' -re-ah) \aiua, blood ; 

 bilis, bile ; oipov, urine]. The presence of urobilin, 

 in the blood. 



Hemoblast (hem'-o-blast). . See Hematoblast (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Hemocatatonistic (hem-o-kat-at-on-is' -tik) [aiua, 

 blood; Kara, down; toioc, tension]. Tending to- 



