Category: H

Blood in the urine.  

The disruption of red blood cells in blood. The destruction of red blood corpuscles by the action of poisonous substances, usually of a protein nature, circulating in the blood, or by certain chemicals. It occurs gradually, for example, in some forms of anaemia, and rapidly in poisoning by snake venom. Haemolysis refers to the breakdown…

A spur or like appendage. A small, round, or flattened projection from the hoods of milkweed flowers (Asclepias species). (In humans) tissue which grows out of an organ. (In humans) one of the H-shaped limbs of grey matter seen in a crosssection of the spinal cord. (In humans) an extension of the pulp chamber of a…

Curved one way.  

Seven-stamened.  

Having seven pistils or styles.  

Of the shape a heart is commonly drawn.  

When a body appears as if one half were taken away.  

An agent capable of destroying blood cells. Destruction of red blood cells. Causing, associated with, or resulting from destruction of red blood cells (erythrocytes). For example, a hemolytic antibody is one that causes destruction of red cells; a hemolytic anemia is due to red cell destruction. Capable of decomposing or dissolving red blood cells, the…

Relating to homeopathy, a system of medicine founded in the late 1 7oos by Samuel Hahnemann. The system is based on the principle that “like cures like.” Practitioners believe that a substance that produces a set of symptoms in a well person will, in minute, “potentized” doses, cure those same symptoms in a diseased individual.…