Hemerobid
(He*mer"o*bid) a. (Zoöl.) Of relating to the hemerobians.
Hemerocallis
(||Hem`e*ro*cal"lis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. day + beauty.] (Bot.) A genus of plants, some species
of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.
Hemi-
(Hem"i-) "hmi-. See Semi-.]—> A prefix signifying half.
Hemialbumin
(Hem`i*al*bu"min) n. [Hemi- + albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Hemialbumose.
Hemialbumose
(Hem`i*al"bu"mose`) n. [Hemi- + albumose.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance
formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible
into hemipeptone. Called also hemialbumin.
Hemianæsthesia
(||Hem`i*an`æs*the"si*a) n. [Hemi- + anæsthesia.] (Med.) Anæsthesia upon one side of the
body.
Hemibranchi
(||Hem`i*bran"chi) n. pl. [NL. See Hemi-, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) An order of fishes having
an incomplete or reduced branchial apparatus. It includes the sticklebacks, the flutemouths, and Fistularia.
Hemicardia
(||Hem`i*car"di*a) n. [NL. See Hemi-, and Cardia.] (Anat.) A lateral half of the heart,
either the right or left. B. G. Wilder.
Hemicarp
(Hem`i*carp) n. [Hemi- + Gr. fruit.] (Bot.) One portion of a fruit that spontaneously divides
into halves.
Hemicerebrum
(||Hem`i*cer"e*brum) n. [Hemi- + cerebrum.] (Anat.) A lateral half of the cerebrum.
Wilder.
Hemicollin
(Hem`i*col"lin) n. [Hemi- + collin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See Semiglutin.
Hemicrania
(||Hem`i*cra"ni*a) n. [L.: cf. F. hémicrânie. See Cranium, and Megrim.] (Med.) A pain that
affects only one side of the head.
Hemicrany
(Hem"i*cra`ny) n. (Med.) Hemicranis.
Hemicycle
(Hem"i*cy`cle) n. [L. hemicyclus, Gr. + .]
1. A half circle; a semicircle.
2. A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room.
The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the central pavilion.
London Academy. Hemidactyl
(Hem`i*dac"tyl) n. [See Hemi- , and Dactyl.] (Zoöl.) Any species of Old World geckoes of
the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.
Hemi-demi-semiquaver
(Hem`i-dem`i-sem"i*quaver) n. [Hemi- + demi-semiquaver.] (Mus.) A short
note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.
Hemiditone
(Hem`i*di"tone) n. [Hemi- + ditone.] (Gr. Mus.) The lesser third. Busby.
Hemigamous
(He*mig"a*mous) a. [Hemi- + Gr. marriage.] (Bot.) Having one of the two florets in the
same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; — said of grasses.
Hemiglyph
(Hem"i*glyph) n. [Hemi- + Gr. a carving.] (Arch.) The half channel or groove in the edge
of the triglyph in the Doric order.
