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hemelytrum, hemelytron. 



hemibasidium (hem'ibasid'ium) n. 

 [Gk. hemi, half ; basis, base.] The 

 promycelium of the Ustilaginales 

 (bot.). 



hemibathybial (hem'ibathib'ial) a. 

 [Gk. hemi, half; bathys, depths.] 

 Perl, plankton between the littoral 

 and bathybial zones (biol.). 



hemibranch (hem'ibrangk) n. [Gk. 

 hemi, half; brangchia, gills.] A 

 gill with gill filaments on one side 

 only (zool.). 



hemichordate (hem'ikor'dat) a. [Gk. 

 hemi, half; chorde, string.] Possess- 

 ing a more or less rudimentary 

 notochord (zool.). 



hemicyclic (hem'isi'klik) a. [Gk. 

 hemi, half; kyklos, round.] With 

 some of the floral whorls cyclic, 

 others spiral (bot.). 



hemielytron, hemelytron . 



hemiepiphyte (hem'iep'iflt) n. [Gk. 

 hemi, half ; epi, upon ; phyton, 

 plant.] A plant whose seeds 

 germinate on another plant, but 

 later send roots to the ground 

 (bot.}. 



hemignathous (hem'ignath'us) a. [Gk. 

 hemi, half ; gnathos, jaw.] Having 

 one jaw snorter than the other, as 

 in some birds (zool.). 



hemlmetabolic (hgm'imgt'aborik) a. 

 [Gk. hemi, half; meta, after; ballein, 

 to change.] Having an incomplete 

 metamorphosis, i.e. the larva has a 

 strong resemblance to the adult 

 (zoo!.). 



hemiparasitic (hem'ipar'asTt'ik) a. 

 [Gk. hemi, half; para, beside; 

 sites, food.] Pert, a plant which 

 is capable of carrying on photo- 

 synthesis, but not sufficiently to 

 supply all food material (bot.). 



hemipenis (hem'ipe'nis) n. [Gk. hemi, 

 half; L. penis, penis.] One of the 

 paired copulatory organs in lizards 

 and snakes (zool.). 



hemipterous (hemip'terus) a. [Gk. 

 hemi, half; pteron, wing.] Pert. 

 Hemiptera (zool.). 



hemisaprophyte (hgm'isap'roflt) n. 

 [Gk. hemi, half ; sapros, dung ; 

 phyton, plant.] A plant living 

 partly by photosynthesis, partly 

 by obtaining food from the humus 

 (bot.). 



heinisome (hSm'isom) n. [Gk. hemi, 

 half; soma, body.] The sym- 

 metrical half of an animal about 

 a median vertical plane (zool.). 



hemisphere (he'm'isfer) n. [Gk. 

 hemi, half; sphaira, globe.] One 

 of the cerebral hemispheres (zool.). 



hemisystole (hgm'isis'tole) n. [Gk. 

 hemi, half ; syn, with ; stellein, to 

 set.] Contraction of one ventricle 

 of the heart (phys.). 



hemitropous (hemit'ropus) a. [Gk. 

 hemi, half; trepein, to turn.] 

 Turned half round, having an 

 ovule with the hilum on one side 

 and the micropyle, etc., opposite 

 in a plane parallel to the placenta 

 (bot.). 



hemorrhoidal (hem'oroi'dal) a. [Gk. 

 haima, blood ; rhein, to flow.] 

 Rectal ; appl. arteries and veins 

 (anat.). 



Henle's layer, a single stratum of 

 nucleated cubical cells in the inner 

 root sheath of a hair follicle (anat.). 



Henle's loop, the loop of a kidney 

 tubule within the apical portion of 

 the pyramid (anat.). 



hepar (he'par) n. [L. hepar, liver.] 

 Liver or any organ having a similar 

 function (anat., zool.). 



hepatic (hepat'ik) a. [L. hepar, liver.] 

 Pert, like or associated with the 

 liver (zool.) ; pert. Hepatics (bot.). 



hepatocolic (hep'atokol'ik) a. [L. 

 hepar, liver ; colon, large intestine.] 

 Pert, liver and colon (zool.). 



hepatocystic (hgp'atosis'tik) a. [L. 

 hepar, liver ; Gk. kystis, bladder.] 

 Pert, liver and gall-bladder (zool.). 



hepatoduodenal (hep'atodu'tide'nal) a. 

 [L. hepar, liver ; duodeni, twelve 

 each.] Pert, liver and duodenum 

 (anat.). 



hepatoenteric (hgp'atoenter'lk) a. [L. 

 hepar, liver ; Gk. enteron, gut.] Of 

 or pert, liver and intestine. 



hepatogastric (hep'atogas'trik) a. [L. 

 hepar, liver ; Gk. gaster, belly.] 

 Pert, liver and stomach (anat.). 



hepatopancreas, the digestive gland 

 in many invertebrates, supposed to 

 perform a function similar to that 

 of the liver and of the pancreas in 

 higher forms (zool.). 



hepatoportal (hep'atdpor'tal) a. [L. 

 , liver ; portare, to carry.] 



