GLOSSARY. 



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y, oilcos, a house). The female 

 apparatus of flowering plants ; the 

 pistils. 



Gy'nophore (Gr. ywrj, gunc, a fe- 

 male ; <pfpca, pher'o, I beai'). The 

 stalk of a carpel in plants. 



Gyp'seous (Gypsum). Containing or 

 consisting of gypsum or sulphate of 

 lime. 



Gyp'sum (Gr. yvtyos, gupsos, chalk 

 or plaster of Paris). Sulphate of 

 lime. 



Gyra'tion (Gr. yvpos, guros, a 

 whirling). A turniug or whirling. 



Gyrencepb/ala (Gr. yvpow, gurod, 1 



wind; 4yne<pa\os, enkeph'alos, the 

 brain). Winding-brained ; applied 

 by Professor Owen to a sub-class 

 of mammalia in which the surface 

 of the brain is convoluted, but not 

 to the same extent as in man. 



Gyri (Gr. yvpos, guros, a turning). 

 In anatomy, a name given to the 

 convolutions of the brain. 



Gy'roscope (Gr. yvpos, guros, a 

 whirling ; ffKoirtca, skop'ed, I look 

 at). An instrument for demon- 

 strating the rotation of the earth 

 by another apparent motion arti- 

 ficially produced. 



H. 



Habitat (Lat. hdb'ito, I dwell). The 

 natural abode or locality of an 

 animal or plant. 



Haetna- or Haemat- (Gr. afco, haima, 

 blood). A part of some compound 

 words, signifying blood. 



Haemadynamom'eter(Gr.cujua, haima, 

 blood ; Swa/j.is, du'namis, force ; 

 fj.fTpov, metron, a measure). An 

 instrument for measuring the force 

 of the flow of blood in the vessels. 



Haemal (Gr. cu/xa, haima, blood). 

 Relating to blood : applied to the 

 arch proceeding from a vertebra, 

 which encloses and protects the 

 organs of circulation. 



Haemapoph/ysis (Gr. afca, haima, 

 blood ; apoph'ysis). A name given 

 to the parts projecting from a 

 vertebra which form the hagmal 

 arch. 



Haematem'esis (Gr. al/j.a, haima, 

 blood ; 6jUea>, em'eo, I vomit). A 

 vomiting of blood. 



Hae'matin (Gr. at>a, haima, blood). 

 The colouring matter of the blood. 



Hae'matite (Gr. af/xa, haima, blood). 

 Blood-stone ; native sesquioxide of 

 iron. 



Haemat'ocele (Gr. alpa, haima, blood ; 

 /C7j\i7, Tcele, a tumour). A tumour 

 filled with blood. 



Haematoc'rya (Gr. al^a, haima, 

 blood ; Kpuos, kruos, frost). Cold- 

 blooded vertebrate animals. 



Haematol'ogy (Gr. cu>a, haima, blood ; 



Ao7os, logos, discourse). A de- 

 scription of the blood. 

 Haemat' osin. See Haematin. 

 Haemato'sis (Gr. aiua, haima, blood). 



The formation of blood. 

 Haematother'ma (Gr. ot^ta, haima, 



blood ; Oepfjios, thermos, warm). 



Warm-blooded vertebrate animals. 

 Haematu'ria (Gr. ai/j.a, haima, blood ; 



ovpov, ouron, urine). A discharge 



of blood with the urine. 

 Haemop'tysis (Gr. of/Act, haima, 



blood ; iTTvca, ptuo, I spit). A 



spitting of blood. 

 H8em / orrhage(Gr. afco, haima, blood ; 



pT)yvv/jii, rhegnu'mi, I burst forth). 



An escape of blood from its vessels. 

 Haem'orrhoid (Gr. cu/io, haima, blood ; 



pew, rheo, I flow ; elSos, eidos, 



form). An enlargement of the veins 



of the lower bowel, commonly at- 

 tended with loss of blood. 

 Haem.ostaf.ic (Gr. al/j.a, haima, blood ; 



tVrrj/iu, histemi, I make to stand). 



Arresting the flow of blood. 

 Hagiog'rapha (Gr. ayios, hag'ios, 



holy ; ypa.q>a>, graph<i t I write). 



Sacred writings. 

 Hal'itus (Lat. halo, I breathe out). 



A breathing; the odour or vapour 



which escapes from blood. 

 Hallucination (Lat. hallu'cinor, I 



blunder). An error of the senses, 

 Halo (Gr. a\s, hates, a threshing- 



