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HYDRADENOMES 



us, -dur f -mus) [6,uor, similar; Aepfia, skin]. Having 

 similar skin on all parts of the body. 



Homogangliate (ho-mo-gang'-gle-at) \_6fi6q, similar; 

 ydyy/uov, ganglion]. Having symmetrically arranged 

 ganglia. 



Homogeneal (ho-tno-je , -ne-al). Homogeneous. 



Homogeneous. (See Illus. Diet.) 2. Coming from 

 the same ancestral origin. 



Homoguaiacol [ho-mo-gwi' -ak-ol). See Creosol (Illus. 

 Diet.). 



Homolecithal (ho-mo-les'-ith-al) \_bu6q, similar; 'aekiBoc, 

 yolk of an egg]. See Alecithal (Illus. Diet.). Cf. 

 Centrolecithal; Heterolecithal ; Telolecithal. 



Homomerous [ho-mom' -ur-us) \op.o<;, similar; fikpoc, a 

 part]. Having the parts alike. 



Homophagous {ho-mof'-ag-us). See Omophagous 

 (Illus. Diet.). 



Homophonous [ho-mof'-on-us) \_ofi6c, similar ; tyuvrj, a 

 sound]. Relating to words spelled differently but in- 

 distinguishable in sound; it is applied to different con- 

 ceptions. 



Homoplastic. (See Illus. Diet.) I. Applied to new- 

 growths in which there has been no cytomorphosis, the 

 cells resembling those of the parent tissue, as in an- 

 gioma and glioma. Cf. Heteroplastic. 



Homoplastid (ho-mo-plas'-tid) \6u6q, similar; ir'kaaauv, 

 to form]. An organism each cell of which is en- 

 dowed with the power of reproducing the species. 



Homoquinin (Jio-mo-kwi' -nin). C 19 H 22 N 2 2 . A crys- 

 talline alkaloid soluble in alcohol or chloroform, found 

 in the bark of Cinchona pedunculata, Karst, and of 

 Remijia purdieana, Wedd (cuprea bark). Syn., 

 Cuprein quinin. 



Honor capitis {Jio'-nor kap'-it-is). The hair of the 

 head. 



Honthin, Hontin (hon'-thin, -tin) [named from the 

 town of the discoverer]. A proprietary, odorless, taste- 

 less preparation, said to consist of tannin, albumin, and 

 keratin; an intestinal astringent. Dose, 8-20 gr. (0.5- 

 1.2 gm.) 2 or3 times daily; infants, 4-5 gr. (0.25-032 

 gm. ) 4 times daily. 



Hookworm Disease. Uncinariasis. 



Hopea. (See Illus. Diet.) H. micrantha, Hook, a 

 species indigenous to Malaya, and H. splendida, de 

 Vriese, a species of Borneo, yield in part the Indian or 

 East Indian dammar of commerce. 



Hoplocephalus {hop-lo-sef'-al-tis) \ottaov, a shield ; 

 nkqa/jj, head]. A genus of serpents of the family 

 Elapida. H. curtus, the Australian black snake, 

 furnishes a very toxic venom. 



Hopogan (hop'-o-gan'). The commercial name for a 

 peroxid of magnesium. 



Hora {ho'-rah) [L., hour]. The age of puberty; man- 

 hood. 



Horaea {ho-re'-ah) \£>paia, the season of ripening]. The 

 menses. 



Horismascope [hor-is' ' -mah-skbp) [bpiafin, a determina- 

 tion; gkotth'iv, to examine]. An instrument designed 

 for the detection of albumin peptones, biliary constit- 

 uents, etc , in urine. 



Hormoid {hot' -moid) [bpfioq, a necklace; elAo$, like- 

 ness]. Necklace-shaped. 



Horse-sickness. (See Illus. Diet.) H., African, an 

 infectious disease of horses due to the facultative para- 

 site (Edema my<cs, which is believed to be taken into 

 the body by eating dew-laden grass. See Edemamy- 

 cosis. 



Hot -foot. See Ignipedites. 



Houttuynia [ho-ut-tin'-e-ah) [Afarl. Houttuyn, Dutch 

 physician]. A genus of plants of the order Piprramr. 

 H. californica, Henth., yerba de mansa, indigenous 

 to California, Mexico, and South America, is stom- 



achic ; the rhizome is used in malaria and gonorrhea. 

 Dose of fid. ext., 15-60 rt^ (0.92-3.69 c.c. ). 



Huckleberries (huk-el-ber'-ez) [corruption of ivhortle- 

 berry~\. The fruit of various species of Gaylussacia 

 and of Vaccinium. H., Dried, recommended by 

 Winternitz in the dietetic management of diarrhea in 

 enteritis (250 gm. to I liter of water, boiled down to 

 750 c.c. and strained). H., Red, Vaccinium ri/is- 

 idiea. 



Humanized {Jiu'-man-lzd). Applied to viruses which 

 have passed through a human being. 



Humate [hit' -mat). A salt of humic acid. 



Humboldtin [hum-bolt ' -in). See Iron Oxalate. 



Humin [hu'-mui). C 69 H 54 27 . An amorphous sub- 

 stance with acid reaction contained in humus. Syn., 

 Humic acid ; Ulmic acid. 



Huminal [hu'-min-al). An extract of peat. 



Humorism [hu'-mor-izm). See Humoral Pathology 

 (Illus. Diet.) 



Humorist [hid -mor-ist). See Humoralist (Illus. Diet.). 



Hunger. (See Illus. Diet.) H., Air. See under Dia- 

 betes mellitus (Illus. Diet.). 



Hurin (fiu'-rin). A poisonous crystallizable substance 

 contained in the sap of Hi0-a crepitans, L. ; it melts at 

 lco° C. and decomposes at a higher temperature. 



Hurmal, Hurmaro [hur'-mal, hur-mah'-ro). The 

 Indian name for Peganum harmala, L. (q. v.). 



Husk. See Hoose (Illus. Diet.). 



Hya-Hya. In British Guiana, the milk-tree, Taber- 

 ntzmontana utilis, W. et Arn. 



Hyal {hi'-al). See Hyoid (Illus. Diet.). 



Hyalitis. (See Illus. Diet.) H. punctata, a form 

 characterized by punctate opacities on or near the ven- 

 tral part of the hyaloid membrane. H. purulenta, 

 H. suppurativa, inflammation of the vitreous body 

 with infiltration of large numbers of wandering lym- 

 phoid cells wholly or partly changing into an abscess. 



Hyaloma (hi-al-o^-mah) \_va?.oc, glass]. The conver- 

 sion of the eye into a hyaline mass. 



Hyalomitome, Hyalotome [hi-al-o-mi'-tdm, hi-al'-o- 

 tom). See Paramitome (Illus. Diet.). 



Hyalomucoid [hi-al-o-mu f -koid) [i"aXoc, glass; mucus: 

 eldoc, likeness]. A mucoid found by Morner in the 

 fluid of the vitreous humor. 



Hyaloserositis (hi-al-o-st-ro-si'tis) \ya/.oc, glass; 

 serum"]. Chronic inflammation of the serous mem- 

 branes with formation of a dense fibrohyaline invest- 

 ment in certain regions ; it is supposed to be due to 

 microorganisms of low virulence. 



Hyalosome [hi-al'-o-som) [wi?,oc, glass; ou/ia,' body]. 

 A body that resembles a nucleolus, but stains slightly 

 by either nuclear or plasmatic dyes. 



Hyboma {hi-bo'-mah) [t>/3oc, humpbacked]. Hump- 

 back, gibbosity. 



Hybometer (hi-bom / -et-ur) \_v36c, humpbacked ; fiirpov, 

 measure]. An apparatus for measuring pathologic 

 gibbosities. 



Hydaleous (hi-da / -le-us) [MaAtoc, watery]. Dropsi- 

 cal. 



Hydarthros, Hydarthrus {hi-dar'-thros, -thrus). See 

 Hydrarthrosis (Illus. Diet.). 



Hydatic (hi-daf'-ih). Containing hydatids. 



Hydatism {hi'-dat-ism) [Mup, water]. The sound 

 caused by the moving of pathologic fluid in a body- 

 cavity. 



Hydatoid (hi'-dat-oid) [vfiup, water; etfiog, likeness]. 

 1. Hydatiform. 2. Watery. 3. The aqueous humor. 



Hydradenomes (hi-drad'-en-omz) [(><5gj/>, water.- dttyv, 

 gland]. Jacquet and Darier's name for nrevi cyst- 

 epitheliomatosi disseminati, a skin disease marked by 

 the formation of papules, varying in size from that of 

 a pin-head to that of a pea, without subjective syinp- 



