HEMADYNAMICS
He`ma*dy*nam"ics, n. Etym: [Hema- + dynamics.] (Physiol.)
Defn: The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood.
HEMADYNAMOMETER
He`ma*dy"na*mom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hema- + dynamometr.] (Physiol.)
Defn: An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; — called also a hæmomanometer.
HEMAL
He"mal, a. Etym: [Gr. a"i^ma blood.]
Defn: Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the heart and great blood vessels; — opposed to neural.
Note: As applied to vertebrates, hemal is the same as ventral, the heart and great blood vessels being on the ventral, and the central nervous system on the dorsal, side of the vertebral column. Hemal arch (Anat.), the ventral arch in a segment of the spinal skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs.
HEMAPHAEIN
Hem`a*phæ"in, n.
Defn: Same as Hæmaphæin.
HEMAPOPHYSIS
Hem`a*poph"y*sis, n.; pl. Hemapophyses . Etym: [NL. See Hæma-, and
Apophysis.] (Anat.)