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Hemerobiidaj (hem"e-ro-bn-de), n. ;>/. [NL., hemianesthesic, hemiansesthesic (hem-i-an- 
< Hnurroliin* + -idii.*] 'A family of net-veined es-the'sik), it. [< kemianaeiMaia + -o.J _ Fer- 
neuropterous insects having a' slender body taming to or affected with hemianfflstnesia. 
with a small quadrate prothorax and gauzy hemianopsia (hem"i-a-nop si-a), . A W , V 
wings: the lace-winged flies. Their lame are tor- Gr. ///-, half, + av- priv. + %f, sight.] In 
rcstria). nnd very useful in destroying apllids; they are pathol., complete or partial loss ot sight, attect- 
known as ctphitJtons. The VKS "re laid i" clusters, each j n g one half o f the field of vision. The epithets 
mounted on a footstalk. 
and Uemtrobiui are 
talk. Cnrytopa and 
leading genera. (See cut under Chrympa.) Groups more 
or less exactly conterminous are named Heineralfida, He- 
merobidtr, Hemerobide*, UemeroMi, Heinerolriince, Heine- 
rfibitti. 
Hemerobius (hem-e-ro'bi-us), n. [NL. (Lm- 
ntpus), < Gr. ;/,HEp<i/3"of, living for a day, ephem- 
eral, < t/fitpa, a day, + ftiof, life.] A genus of 
lace-winged flies, typical of the family Hemero- 
biidce. The species are numerous. 
Hemerocalleae (hem''e-ro-kal'e-e), n. , 
< Hemerocallis + -ece.] A tribe of monocotyle- ^^ hemianopsia. 
donous plants, of the natural order Liliacea;A\s- Hemiaster (hem-i-as'ter), n. 
,- i_l. _ J 1 4-1, A 1in ,l,ml -P,Tlrtlf/-lTYl 1-1 *"^y *****"" "- \ i ! 
rl^'toWe^^^ 
retina involved. Hernia/iia refers to the same condition, 
but relates to the vision which is kept rather than to that 
which is lost. Corresponding, equilateral, or homimymmu 
hemianoptia involves corresponding that is, right or 
left parts of the fields of vision of the two eyes. Crossed 
or symmetrical hemianopxia is an obscuration of symmetri- 
cal halves of the fields of vision, as of the two temporal or 
two nasal halves. Also ItemiaMepsia, hemianopia, 
[< hemia- 
rlvrr hemianoptic (hem"i-a-nop'tik), a. _ 
..> nopxia (-opt-) + -ic.] Pertaining to or affected 
tinguished by the cylindrical, funnelform, or 
campanulate perianth, and the numerous leaves 
+ 
ure hi nS) 
[< Gr. fat-, half, 
star- ] A remarkable genus of heart- 
o f the family Spatanffidai and sub- 
Hemidactylus 
compressed spikes, and the flowers all herma- 
phrodite. The plants of the genus are herbs, diffuse or 
cespitoRc :it the base, with long, narrow, grass-like leaves. 
Only three species, natives of South Africa, are known. 
Hemichlaeneae (hem-i-kle'ne-e), n. pi. [NL. 
(Fenzl, 1836), < Hemiclila-na + -e(f..] A sub- 
tribe of the Cypcracete, embracing the genera 
Hcmirltlirna and Pleurachne. 
.. _ [NL., 
< Heiiiirlilinin + -irlo!.] In Lindley's system 
of botanical classification, a group or subtribe 
of the Cyperace(e, embracing the genera Hemi- 
chlfena, Acrolepis, and Pleurachne, the last two 
of which are now referred to Ficinia, and all 
are included in the tribe Scirpete. 
hemichordate (hem-i-kor'dat), a. and n. [< 
hemi-, half, + chordate, q. v.] I. a. Partly 
chordate, as the anomalous genus Salanoglos- 
KHK. The true vertebrates and the ascidians being class- 
ed together as chordate animals, Balanoylossus is called 
hemichordate to indicate its supposed affinity. 
II. . A hemichordate animal. 
, ) xi . . .,.. 
crowded on the short rhizome or base ot the f am ii y /?risiflE, having a brood-pouch in which hemichorea (hem"i-ko-re'a), n. [< hemi-, half, 
stem. The fruit is a capsule, generally loculicidally de- the young are carried and developed. H. phi- + chorea.'] In patliol., chorea affecting one lat- 
lippi inhabits Kerguelen Island. L. Agassis, 
hiscent. The tribe includes B genera, of which lleinero- 
callis is the type ; they are perennial herbs, with large 
flowers in variously shaped clusters raised on a tall, most- 
Iv leafless scape, and are natives of Europe, Asia, Africa, hemiatrODhV (hem-i-at'ro-fi), n. 
" , . . .._,, _ T t . - *___._ * XT~ m V. ...1 ., ,,. I I.lol^D. . * ". * 1 V T 
, 
and Australia. Phormium . tenax, of New Zealand, yields 
arpodiia, 
[< Gr. $[U-, 
atrophy 
half, 
unyoked: see 
braced in it. Reichenbach (1837) proposed to extend it to 
include the Pirntederiacrte. 
Hemerocallis (hem"e-ro-kal'is), n. [NL. (Lin- 
nseiis, 1753), < Gr. ifoep<MaA/Uc. also fjjiepoittiXter., 
a kind of yellow lily that blooms but for a 
day, < f/fikpa, a day, + naUc, beautiful, KoiUof, 
val vein, as in man, whose left azygous vein is 
turned into the right azygous vein, and is called 
the vena azygos minor. 
hemibranch (hem'i-brangk), a. and n. I. a. 
Same as licmibn/nchiate. 
II. n. One of the Hemibrancliii. 
eral half of the body. 
hemicircle (hem'i-ser-kl), n. [< hemi-, half, + 
circle.] A half-circle ; a semicircle. [Bare.] 
Her browes two hemi-circle* did enclose, 
Of rabies ranged in artiflciall roes. 
Sir J. Dames, An Extasie, p. 89. 
(hem-i-kra'ni-a), n. [= F. hemi- 
. VTT, ...... o.v.) 
emi- 
crania, emigrania, < L. hemicrania, also hemicra- 
nium, < Gr. fyuxpavta, a pain on one side of the 
head or face. < r/fu-, half, + apaviov, the skull, 
cranium.] In pathol., headache on one side of 
the head ; especially, megrim when confined to 
one side ; also, megrim in any form. 
hemi- 
beauty.] 1. A genus of monocotyledonous hemibranchiate (hem-i-brang'ki-at), a. [< hemicranic (h'em-i-kran'ik),". [= F. 
plants, of the natural order Lihaceie, tribe He- Gr- ^^ half. + ftpayxia, gills.] Half-gilled crdnique, < L. hemicranicus, < Gr. - 
merocallece, chiefly distinguished by its erect that is, having the branchial apparatus incom- f/aiKpav'ta, hemicrania: see hemici 
flowers, and by having the tube of the funnel- pi e t e : specifically said of the Hemibrancliii. tainin" to or afflicted with hemicrania. 
shaped perianth shorter than the spreading Hemibranchii (hem-i-brang'ki-i), ii.pl. [NL., hemicycle (hem'i-si-kl), n. [= F. hemicycle = 
lobes, and the 6 stamens inserted in the throat < (j r- ,' Jfu _ t half, + (ipayx ia , gills.] An order of g hemiciclo = Pg. hemiciclo = It. emiciclo, < 
of the tube. The genus embraces 5 species of peren- physoclistous teleocephalous fishes, having the 
nial herbs, natives of central Europe and temperate Asia, ^harvngeal bones and branchial arches reduced 
with large erect flowers in a panicle at the summit of the ' 
leafless scape, and long, narrow, radical leaves. //. fulva, 
with tawny-red flowers, is the common day-lily of the 
gardens. 
2. [/. c.] A plant of this genus. 
The hemerofallis is the least esteemed, because one day 
ends its beauty. Bp. Hall, Works, VIII. 183. 
HemerodromUS (hem-e-rod'ro-mus), n. [NL., < 
Gr. t/ftepa, a day, + dp'6fiof, a running.] Same 
as Cursor! us. 
Hemeroharpages (hem"e-ro-har'pa-jez), n. pi. 
[NL.,< Gr. fat pa, a day, + dpffaf, robbing, a rob- 
pharyngeal b( 
or deficient in some respects, and only one 
bone connecting the shoulder-girdle with the 
skull. Six families are referred to this order : the Oas- 
terosteidce or sticklebacks, AvlorhynclMoe, Fistulariidte 
or tobacco-pipe fishes, Aulostomidce, Centrigddce or snipe- 
fishes, and Amphisilidae. E. D. Cope, 1870. 
hemic, haemic (he'mik), a. [< Gr. aiua, blood, 
+ -ic.] Same as hemal, 1. 
Puerperal mania ... is often as much an insanity of 
general hcemic and neuric exhaustion, anaemia and shock, 
as of reflex irritation. 
Quoted In Alien, and Neural., VIII. 533. 
ber: see Harpax.] In Sundevall's system of hemicardia (hem-i-kar'di-a), .; pi. hemicardia! 
classification, the diurnal birds of prey, as col- ^)_ [NL., < Gr. }/-, half,"+ Kapdia = E. heart.] 
lectively distinguished from the nocturnal ones, i Either half of a four-chambered heart the 
or owls, called Nyctliarpages. right, hemicardia dexlra, or the left, hemicar- 
hemerologium (hem"e-ro-16'ji-um), H.; pi. he- dia ginistra.Z. leap.] A genus of mollusks. 
merologia (-a). [< Gr. >//iFpoMyim>. also y/iepo/.o- Klein, 1753. 
yeiov, a calendar, < f/utpa, a day, + Wjf, a count.] hemicardiac (hem-i-kar'di-ak), a. [< hemicar- 
A comparative calendar. ( n a + -ac.] Pertaining to a hemicardia. 
hemi- (hem'i). [= F. hemi- = Sp. Pg. hemi- hemicarp (hem'i-karp), n. [< Gr. iijui-, half, + 
= It. emi-, < L. hemi-, < Gr. ?///;-, in cornp., half, Ka pK6c,, fruit.] One of the two achenium-like 
= L. semi- = Skt. sdmi, half: see further under car p e l s which constitute the fruit of the Um- 
semi-. The prefix demi-, half, is of different bclliferoe. Also moriearp. 
origin: see demi-.] Half: a prefix used in Hemicarpide8e(hem*i-kar-pid / e-e),.2);. [NL., 
many compound words derived from the Greek. ^ (j r ^.^ half, + /capjrdf, fruit, + -id + -co-.] 
miannpgia. 
hemialbumose (hem-i-al'bu-mos), 
Per- 
i. Jiemicyclus, L. liemicyclium, < Gr. 
>'//uKuK^.mv, a semicircle, the front seats in a the- 
ater ; a semicircular dial, neut. of adj. ij^icwcAof, 
i/liiKi'K?.toc, semicircular, < ij/u-, half, + KVK'/OC, a 
circle: see cycle*.] I. A half -cycle or a half- 
circle ; a semicircle. 
Besides, upon the right hand of her, but with some lit- 
tle descent, m a hemici/clf, was seated Esychia, or Quiet, 
the first handmaid of Peace. 
B. Jonstm, King's Entertainment. 
2. A semicircular arena; a room or division of 
a room in the form of a semicircle ; especially, 
such a room with seats in semicircular rows, or 
such an arrangement of seats in any room. 
The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the 
central pavilion of the palace of the Trocadero. 
The Academy. 
Hemicycle Of Berosus, a kind of sun-dial, said to have 
been invented by the historian Berosus, and supposed to be 
of semicircular form. 
hemicyclic (hem-i-sik'lik), a. [As hemicycle + 
-ic.] An epithet applied by Braun to spiral 
flowers in which the transition from one series 
of members to the succeeding series, as from 
calyx to corolla or from corolla to stamens, 
coincides with a cycle of the phyllotaxis. Sachs 
also applies the term' to flowers that are part spiral and 
part cyclic, as, for example, in Ranunculus, wliere the 
calyx and corolla form two alternating whorls, followed 
by the stamens and carpels arranged spirally : opposed to 
acyclic. 
hemicylindrical (hem"i-si-lin'dri-kal), a. [< 
hemi-, half, + cylindrical.] Having the form 
of half of a cylinder divided in the direction of 
its axis. 
These two images are by means of a hemicylindrical 
lens crushed up into two dots of light. 
Encye. Brit.. XVI. 162. 
hemicentral (hem-i-sen'tral), a. [< liemicen- 
,_ An ,,! n " trum + -"'] Of or pertaining to a hemicen- 
termediate product of the digestion of an albu- trum; pleurocentral. 
minoid by gastric juice or trypsin. It is also hemicentrum (hem-i-sen'trum), n. ; pi. hcmi- 
formed by heating albumin with a mineral acid, and occurs cen f ra (-tra). [NL., < Gr. r/[u-, half, + Kcvrpm; 
5o?<OTlto)^Si'tffihemto^Sie,^SIdftM*f center: see centrum.] One of the pair of lateral h em idactyl, hemidactyle (hem-i-dak'til), a. 
into certain amido-compounds. It is distinguished from elements which compose the centrum of a ver- 
allied proteids by its behavior on heating and with acids, tebra; a pleurocentrum. Albrecht. 
hemiambus (hem-i-am'bus), n. ; pi. liemianibi hemicerebra, n. Plural of hemicerebrvm. 
(-bi). [< Gr. iJ/iwt/i/Jof, < i'//u-, half, + ia/ipoc, hemicerebrai (hem-i-ser'e-bral), a. [< hemi- 
iambus.] In one. pros., an iambic dimeter cerebrum + -al.] Pertaining to either cerebral 
catalectic (= - ^ - ) - - =>). It was originaUy hemisphere. 
I. 
_ f half> + e&KTiJ.ot, a finger.] 
. a. In zool., having an oval disk at the base 
of the toes, as some saurians ; specifically, per- 
taining to or having the characters of the genus 
Hemidactylus. 
II. H. A gecko of the genus Hemidactylus. 
[NL., < licmi 
pathol., loss 
body, right or left. 
hemianalgesia (hem-i-an-al-je'si-ii), . _ 
< /low/-, half. + analgesia, q. v.] In patltol., 
insensibility to pain in one lateral half of the 
body. 
[NL.: 
isia (hem-i-an-es-the'si-a), n. brum.] Either hemisphere, ngnt o Btt, 01 me Hemidactylus (hem-i-dak'ti-lus), n. [NL.: 
-, half, + anesthesia, q. v.'5 In brain proper; a prosencephalic lobe; a hemi- gee ;, CH) ,-^, e tyl.] A genus of gecko-lizards, hav- 
of sensation in one half of the sphere. j n g the toes dilated as is usual in Gecconidcc, 
Hemichlsena(hem-i-kle'na),. [NL. (Schrader, but CO y e " r ed below with transverse imbricated 
[NL., 1821), < Gr. j/u-, half, + jXaivo, a cloak.] A plates ; two se ries, and the body and tail 
small genus of plants, of the natural order Cy- w j t ) loll t appendages. It contains some of the com- 
peracew and tribe Scirpece, the type of Fenzl's mone9 t species, widely distributed in the warmer parts of 
subtribe Hemichkmece, having many-flowered the globe, such as H.maculatv*, an abundant Asiatic spe- 
