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habitat. The natural locality of an animal or a plant; impregnated; saturated with.
hallux rigidus. First phalanx of the great toe is flexed at an angle of 30° with extension of the second phalanx.
hallux valgus. Outward rotation of big toe beyond an angle of 15°.
hallux varus. Pigeon toe.
heloma. Same as corn or callus.
heloma durum. Hard or indurated corn.
heloma miliare. A millet-seed corn.
heloma molle. Soft corn.
heloma vasculare. A corn of the vascular variety.
hema. Blood, as in hemoglobin, an iron compound in the red blood.
hematoma. A tumor containing blood.
hemorhage. A flow of blood.
hemophelia. Abnormal tendency to hemorrhage.
hemostatic. Capable of arresting hemorrhage.
hereditary. Transmitted from parent to offspring.
hernia. Rupture; protusion of a structure thro the wall which ordinarily contains it.
herniotomy. Operation for the relief of hernia.
hidros. Perspiration, hyperidrosis, excessive sweating.
histology. Microscopic anatomy.
hyascine. An alkaloid of hyoscyamus and stramonium.
hydro. Water, hydrotherapy, treatment of disease by means of water.
hydrarthrosis. A serous effusion in a joint.
hyper. Above or over, hyperemia, the presence of an increased or overamount of blood in a part.
hyperemia. Excessive amount of blood.
hyperidrosis. Excessive sweating.
hyperplasia. Overgrowth of a part due to a multiplication of its elements.
hypertrophy. Abnormal, increased size of a part or of an organ.
hypnotic. Causing sleep.
hypo. Under, as in hypodermic, beneath the skin, or subcutaneous.
hypodermatic (hypodermic). Subcutaneous, applied to injections underneath the skin.
hypodermoclysis. The hypodermic injection of fluids to supply a lack of blood.
hysteria. A functional neurosis with abnormal sensations, emotions or paroxysms.