Henslowieae 
Henslowiese (hen-slo-i'e-e), n. pi. [< Henslowia 
+ -c.] A family of 'plants introduced by 
Reichenbach in 1841 for the genus Hcnslowia 
of Blume, and placed by him in the Faginece, as 
related to the beech, oak, etc. 
hensmant, An obsolete variant oiliaicltman. 
hent 1 (hent), v. t. [< ME. hentcn (pret. hente, 
pp. hent), also hinten (spelled liyntyn, Prompt. 
Parv.), seize, snatch, catch, < AS. gelientan, 
seize, hentan, seize (the simple form only thrice, 
in legal formula implying 'pursue and seize,' 
i. e. arrest), prob. akin to hunt, q. v. A different 
word from AS. ge-hendan, ME. henden, E. hend, 
take hold of, with which it has been confused, 
but the two words may be ult. connected: see 
hend 1 , hand. See also hint 1 , orig. a mere var. of 
hent.'] If. To seize; snatch; catch; grasp; take. 
fiulbes smale uppe from her moder hent, 
Let putte in oth'r lande to multiplie. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 80. 
Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, 
And merrily hent the stile-a. 
8t. To take; receive. ^., W. T., iv. 2. 
My nece Eglentine to wile shal ye hent, 
With all rewme and that to it longing. 
Bam. o/Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2411. 
Then wext he wroth, and to the Duke he sent, 
And complained that such harme was hent. 
St. To throw. U<Muyt'*Voya ff e*,I.l*>. 
The brannches eke kitte of fro vyne or tree, 
And brere, and roote, and alle impediment, 
In haast is from the delver to been hent. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 72. 
4. To plow up the bottom of (a furrow). Halli- 
well. [Prov. Eng.] 
hentH (hent), n. [< hent 1 , v. Of. hint 1 , TO.] 1. 
Grasp. 2. Opportunity or occasion seized. 
hent 2 t. Preterit and past participle of hend 1 . 
hentert (hen'ter), n. [ME. hentere; < hent 1 + 
-er 1 .] A seizer; a grasper; a pursuer. 
Eavyneres and henteres of fowleste thingcs. 
Chaucer, Boethius, i. prose 3, 
henting (hen'ting), n. [Verbal n. of hent 1 , 4.] 
The furrow with which a plowman finishes his 
ridge. Crabb. [Prov. Eng.] Also hinting. 
henware (hen'war), TO. A seaweed, Alaria es- 
culenta. See Maria and baderlocks. 
henwife (hen'wlf ), . ; pi. henwives (-wivz). A 
woman who has charge of poultry. 
A half-witted lad, of very small stature, who had a kind 
of charge of the poultry under the old hen-urife. 
Scott, Old Mortality, ii. 
Pressure on the heads of hens, which the practical hen- 
wife employs before any operation of minor surgery on 
her restless brood. f. W. B. Myers, Proc. Soc. Psych. 
[Research, Oct., 1886, p. 146. 
henwoman (hen'wum"an), n. ; pi. hcnwomen 
(-wim'en). Same as heiiwife. 
henwoodite (hen ' wud-it), n. [After W. J. 
Henwood (1805-75), an English mining engi- 
neer.] A hydrous phosphate of aluminium and 
copper, occurring in spherical forms of a bright- 
blue color in Cornwall, England. 
henxmant, n. An obsolete variant of hench- 
man. Holland. 
heot, pron. See he 1 . 
he-oak (he'ok), re. [Cf. she-oak, a tree of the 
samegenus.] A somber-looking Australian tree, 
Casuarina stricta, having thread-like, jointed, 
furrowed, pendent branches, without leaves, 
but with small toothed sheaths at the joints. 
Heopitheci (he"o-pi-the'sl), n. pi. [NL., < Or. 
<j? , Attic form of rjuf , dawn (the east : see Eos), 
+ iriSriKos, an ape.] The catarrhine or old-world 
monkeys and apes collectively as distinguished 
from the platyrrhine : all the former belong to 
the eastern hemisphere, where none of the lat- 
ter are found: thus distinguished from Hespero- 
pitheci. 
heopithecine (he"o-pi-the'sin), a. Pertaining 
to or having the characters of the Heopitheci. 
heoret, pron. See he 1 . 
heorotaire (he'o-ro-tar), n. [F. heorotaire (Au- 
debert and Vieilldt, 1802-7), appar. a Frenchi- 
fied form of some supposed native name.] One 
of several small sickle-billed sun-birds of the 
family Diceeidce which are peculiar to the Sand- 
wich Islands, as Drepanis paciftca, and espe- 
cially Vestiaria coceinea, Himaiione sanguined, 
and H. virens, the plumage of which is used by 
the islanders in the manufacture of articles of 
clothing. See cut under Drepanis. 
hep 1 , n. See hip 2 . 
hep 2 t, n. An obsolete form of heap. 
hepar (he'par), n. [NL., in LL. the liver, L. 
a kind of fish, < Gr. r/irap (qnar-) = L. jecur = 
Skt. yakrit, yakan, the liver.] 1. In unat. t the 
liver. Also called jecm:2. In old cliem., one 
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of various compounds of sulphur with the met- 
als, having a brown-red or liver color. 
hepatalgia (hep-a-tal'ji-a), . [NL., < Gr. 
qnap (rfKar-), the liver, + dAyof, pain.] Neural- 
gia of the liver. 
hepatemphraxis (hep-a-tem-frak'sis), n. [< 
Gr. f/Trap (;/irar-), the liver, + efifpa^ifj stoppage, 
< ifi(j>pdaaeiv, stop up, obstruct, < iv, in, + typaa- 
aetv, fence in, stop up.] In pathol., hepatic ob- 
struction. 
hepatic (he-pat'ik), a. and TO. [= F. hepatique 
= Sp. hep'dtico = Pg. hepatico = It. epatico, < 
LL. hepaticus, < Gr. ^mm/top, of the liver, < faap 
(rjiraT-), the liver.] I. a. 1. Inanat. mdphysi- 
ol., of or pertaining in any way to the liver. 
The bile is of two sorts, the cystick, or that contained 
in the gall-bladder, which is a sort of repository for the 
gall, and the hepalick,or what flows immediately from the 
fiver. Arbuthnot, Aliments, p. 10. 
2. In zool., liver-colored; dark brownish-red; 
hepatieous: as, the hepatic tanager, Pyranga 
hepatica.'Sepntie alrt or gast, sulphureted hydro- 
gen gas. Hepatic aloes. See aloes, i. Hepatic ar- 
tery, an artery supplying the liver. It arises from the ce- 
liac axis. Hepatic canal, duct. See duct. Hepatic 
colic, flexure, flux, etc. See the nouns. Hepatic lobe 
of the carapace of a brachyurous crustacean, a small lat- 
eral division bounded behind by the cervical groove, and 
internally by theprotogastric lobe. See cut under Brachy- 
wro. Hepatic mercurial ore, cinnabar. Hepatic py- 
rites, iron disulphid; marcasite. Hepatic tubes, the 
enteric canal and liver of Crustacea. Qegenbaur, Comp. 
Anat. (trans. X p. 275, flg. 143. Hepatic veins, the veins 
returning the blood from the liver. In man they usually 
discharge by three trunks into the inferior vena cava. 
II. n. 1. A medicine acting on the liver. 
2. One of the Hepaticce. 
Hepatica (he-pat'i-ka), TO. [NL., lit. liver-col- 
ored, fern, of LL. hepaticus, < Gr. qiraTiKdf, of 
the liver: see hepatic. Cf. Gr. ?/mzrmf, liver^, 
wort.] 1. The liverleaf, Anemone Hepatica " 
hepatorrhea 
hepatite (hep'a-tit), . [< L. hepatites, liver- 
stone, hepatitis, an unknown precious stone, 
< Gr. *ijrrar/n/f, found only in fern. qnaTiTif, of 
or in the liver, liver-colored, also liverwort, < 
ijnap ((Jjrar-), the liver: see hepatic.] A fetid 
variety of barium sulphate, or barite, occur- 
ring in compact or cleavablo masses. Under 
friction or the application of heat it exhales a fetid odor, 
due to the presence of carbonaceous matters. 
hepatitis (hep-a-ti'tis), n. [NL., < Gr. f^rap 
(r/TraT-), liver, -t-'-itis. Cf. hepatite.'] In pathol., 
inflammation of the liver. 
Liverleaf (Anemone Hefatica], a, fruit cut longitudinally. 
patica triloba). The old genus Hepatica of Dil- 
lenius may be regarded as a subgenus of Ane- 
mone. 2. [I.e.'] Any liverwort; acryptogamie 
plant of the family Hepaticce. 
Hepaticse (he-pat'i-se), TO. pi. [NL., pi. of He- 
patica."] A family of small moss-like or thal- 
loid plants of lax cellular texture, usually pro- 
cumbent and emitting rootlets from beneath; 
the liverworts. They have the capsule irregularly 
dehiscent or indehiscent, with spores mixed with thin 
thread-like cells and containing elaters. The sexual re- 
productive organs are of two kinds, antheridia and arche- 
gonia, the matured archegonium forming the capsule. 
Asexual reproduction occurs under three forms : by inno- 
vations, by gemnm, and by runners. The liverworts and 
mosses together form the series Bryophyta. The liver- 
worts differ from the mosses in having their stems bilat- 
eral, leaves 2-ranked and without mid-vein, capsule never 
dehiscent by a special lid, and elaters mixed with the 
spores. They grow for the most part in moist places upon 
the ground, upon rocks, or the bark of trees, and a few 
are even aquatic. They are all chlorophyl-bearing, and 
green or brownish-green in color. The family Hepaticce, 
which was first proposed by Adamson in 1763, is now di- 
vided into five orders : Ricciacece, Marchantiacece, Antho- 
cerotacece, MonocleacecB, and Jungermanniaceix. 
hepatical (he-pat'i-kal), a. [< hepatic + -al.~] 
Same as hepatic, [Rare.] 
hepaticell (he-pat'i-sel), TO. [< hepati(c) + 
cell.'] A hepatic cell; one of the ultimate 
form-elements of the liver. Coves. 
hepaticologist (he-pat-i-kol'o-jist), n. [< he- 
paticology + -ist.~] ' One interested in or an au- 
thority upon the Hepatica;. 
hepaticology (he-pat-i-kol'o-ji), n. [< NL. He- 
patica + Gr. Juoyia, < Myeiv, speak: see -ology."] 
The science or study of the Hepaticce. 
hepatieous (he-pat'i-kus), a. [< Gr. ijmzmof, 
of the liver: see liepatic.~\ In zool., resembling 
liver, as in form or color. 
tissue, as of the lungs in pneumonia, resulting 
in a liver-like solidification. 
The changes advance unequally [in pneumonia], so that, 
whilst one portion of the lung is in the stage of red hepati- 
sation, another may be in the grey stage hence the mot- 
tled marble appearance of the consolidation. 
Quain, Med. Diet., p. 875. 
2t. The act of impregnating with sulphureted 
hydrogen gas. 
Also spelled Jiepatisation. 
Gray hepatization, in pathol., the second stage of infil- 
tration of the lung in pneumonia. Red hepatization, 
the first stage of consolidation of the substance of the 
lung in pneumonia. The change from the red color to the 
gray is due to diminished congestion, and to loss of color 
on the part of the extravasated red blood-corpuscles, 
hepatize (hep'a-tiz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. hepa- 
tized, ppr. hepatizing. [< Gr. qTrari&iv, be like 
the liver or liver-colored, < r/trap (r/iraT-), the 
liver : see hepatic.] 1 . To convert by engorge- 
ment and effusion into a substance resembling 
liver: as, a hepatized lung, in pneumonia. 2t. 
To impregnate with sulphureted hydrogen. 
On the right of the river were two wells of hepatised 
water. Barrow. 
Also spelled hepatise. 
hepatocele (hep'a-to-sel), n. [NL., < Gr. f/vap 
(?7mzr-),theliver,'4- K^I;, a tumor.] Inpathol., 
hernia of the liver. 
hepatocystic (hep"a-t6-sis'tik), a. [< Gr. rjirap 
(?;ffar-), the liver, +"Kiio-r<f, bladder.] In anat., 
pertaining jointly to the liver and the gall- 
bladder. 
hepato-enteric (hep // a-to-en-ter'ik) ; a. [< Gr. 
riitap (jJmzT-), the liverj + evrepa, the intestines.] 
In anat., pertaining jointly to the liver and the 
intestine ; passing from the liver to the intes- 
tine : applied to the bile-duct. 
hepatogastric (hep'a-td-gas'trik), a. [< Gr. 
qirap (jjirar-), the liver, + -yacrfip, the stomach.] 
In anat., relating to or connected with both the 
liver and the stomach: as, the hepatogastric 
omentum or epiploon. 
hepatogenous (hep-a-toj'e-nus), a. [< Gr. 
J/TTap (yiraT-), the liyer'J + -yevqg, producing: see 
-genous."] Arising in or produced from the liver. 
hepatography (hep-a-tog'ra-fi), n. [< Gr. faap 
(?/mzr-), the liver, + -ypa(/iia,"<. -ypd^/civ, write.] A 
description of the liver. 
hepatolithiasis (hep"a-to-li-thl'a-sis), n. [NL., 
< Gr. rjvap (ijTrar-). the liver, + fa/iiaoif, the stone 
(a disease): see lithiasis.] In pathol., the for- 
mation of stone-like concretions in the liver. 
hepatologist (hep-a-tol'o-jist), n. [< hepatol- 
ogy + -ist.] A student of hepatology; a spe- 
cialist in diseases of the liver. 
Dr. Harley, the English hepatologist and nephrologist. 
Sci. Amur., N. S., LVIII. 98. 
hepatology (hep-a-tol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. fyrap 
(t)Ka.T-). the liver, + -/loyia, < l.tyeiv, speak : see 
-ology.] The science of or a treatise on the 
liver. 
hepatopancreas (hep"a-t6-pang'kre-as), n. j pi. 
hepatopancreates (-pang-kre-a'tez). [< Gr. qirap 
(fjTrar-), the liver, + ndynpeaf, the pancreas.] In 
zool., a glandular organ of many invertebrates, 
the so-called liver, supposed to have both a 
hepatic and a pancreatic function. 
In the Invertebrata the secretions of many glands, 
which are generally called " liver," but which would be 
more appropriately termed hepalo-pancreas. exercise a 
digestive action upon starch and albumen, and at the same 
time secrete bye products and colouring matters similar 
to those found in the bile of vertebrates. 
Claus, Zoology (trans.), p. 59. 
hepatophyma (hep"a-to-fi'ma), .; pi. hepa- 
tojihymata (-ma-ta). [NL., < Gr. rjvap (forar-), 
the liver. T <j>v/m, a suppurating tumor, lit. a 
growth, < (jiiietv, produce, pass, tyvecdai, grow.] 
inpathol., a suppurative swelling of the liver. 
hepatoportal (hep'a-to-por'tal), a. [< hepat- 
(ic) + portal.] In 'anat., of or pertaining to 
hepatine (hep'a-tin), n. [< Gr. f/irap (f/vaT-), the the hepatic portal system ; portal, in an ordi- 
liver, + -iwe 2 .] Glycogenic matter. Dunglison. nary sense : distinguished from reniportal. 
hepatorrhea, hepatorrhcea (hep"a-to-re'a), . 
[NL. hepatorrhcea, < Gr. tjwap (^TTOT-), the liver, 
hepatisatiou, hepatise. See hepatization, hep 
atize. 
