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Hbc-Tic. Habitual; constitutional; having reference to slow waste of 

 animal tissue as in consumption. 



Hem-or-rhage. Any discharge of blood from the bloodvessels, caused 

 by their rupture. 



Hem-or-rhoids. Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of 

 the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from 

 which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; commonly called 

 piles. 



He-pat-ic. Relating to the liver; as hepatic artery; hepatic diseases. 

 In anatomy hepatic duct is any biliary duct, which carries or con- 

 tains bile, but especially used with reference to the duct that carries 

 the bile from the liver to the cystic and common bile ducts. 



Her-ba-ceous. Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, textures 

 or characteristics of an herb. 



He-RED-i-tary. Descended or capable of descending from an ancestor. 

 Transmitted or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional 

 quality or condition from an ancestor to its progeny. 



Her-nia. a protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has 

 escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural 

 or accidental opening to the cavity. Also called rr:pture. 



Her-pES. An eruption of the skin, taking various names according to 

 its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in 

 small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching as seen in shingles 

 and ring-worm. 



Hy-dra-gogue. a medicine causing a watery discharge of the bowels. 



Hyp-noT-ic. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep; an 

 opiate; a soporific; a narcotic. 



Hy-po-der-mic. Having reference to the application of remedies under 

 the skin, by means of injection. 



I^ach-ry-mal. Pertaining to, or secretijig, tears, as, the lachrymal 

 glands. Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; 

 lachrymal duct. 



I/AC-TA-Tion. a giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the 

 mammary glands. 



F^-CES. The excrement that passes out of the body through the anus. 

 It is the waste matter of the food not taken up by absorption as it 

 passes along the alimentary canal, and other waste matter formed 

 during digestion. 



Feb-ri-fuge. a medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever. 



