Category: H

An astringent that stops bleeding; a chemical hemostatic.  

An acute infectious disease caused by the Hanta virus, with abrupt onset of fever that lasts 3 to 8 days, conjunctival injection, prostration, anorexia, and vomiting. Renal involvement may be mild or progress to acute renal failure, which may last several weeks. The mode of transmission is unknown but is apparently not from person to…

An arthropod-borne viral disease caused by Hanta virus or related viruses.  

Hemorrhaging due to an inadequate supply of prothrombin received from the mother or a delay in the establishment of the bacterial intestinal flora that produces vitamin K. Parenteral vitamin K given to the infant within 6 hr of birth prevents this condition.  

Bleeding from the knee.  

An antibody that makes red blood cells more susceptible to phagocytosis.  

Any protein combined with the heme blood pigment.  

A precipitin in the blood.  

Fond of blood; said of bacteria that grow well in culture media containing hemoglobin.  

A type of bacteria that grows very well on agar that contains blood.