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n. [ Heb. behemōth, fr. Egyptian P-ehe-maut hippopotamus. ] 1. An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. something of large size or great power. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. blasphemus, Gr. &unr_;. ] Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature. “Blasphemous publications.” Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor from the Holy One of Heaven
Refrained his tongue blasphemous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a blasphemous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Formerly also }. [ Chemical + Gr. &unr_; arrangement, fr. &unr_; to arrange. ] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zoospores of algæ, etc., to chemical substances held in solution. They may be attracted (positive chemotaxis) or repelled (negative chemotaxis). -- Chem`o*tac"tic a. -- Chem`o*tac"tic*al*ly, adv. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Chemical + Gr. &unr_; a loosing. ] A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone. Thudichum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a swelling of the cornea resembling a cockleshell, fr. &unr_; a gaping, hence a cockleshell. ] (Med.) Inflammatory swelling of the conjunctival tissue surrounding the cornea. -- Che*mot"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Chemical + osmosis. ] Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces; as, chemosorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts.
Syn. -- chemisorption. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Chemical + synthesis. ] (Plant Physiol.) Synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical changes or reactions. Chemosynthesis of carbohydrates occurs in the nitrite bacteria through the oxidation of ammonia to nitrous acid, and in the nitrate bacteria through the conversion of nitrous into nitric acid. -- Chem`o*syn*thet"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

adj. of or pertaining to chemotherapy; using chemotherapy; having properties beneficial for chemotherapy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness); -- also used especially in reference to the use of chemicals to treat cancer. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

Same as Haema-, Haemo-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemo- + globe. ] (Physiol.) The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Haemochromometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin; the breaking apart of red blood cells in the blood.
Syn. -- haemolysis, hematolysis, haematolysis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to hemolysis; causing hemolysis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, blood + filei^n to love.] (Med.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds; it is caused by an absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood, and is a recessive genetic disease linked to the X-chromosome, and therefore usually occurs only in males; there are several specific forms. It may be treated by administering purified clotting factor. It was formerly termed Hematophilia. [1913 Webster +PJC]

n. A person afflicted with hemophilia; called also hemophile. [ PJC ]

a. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or afflicted with hemophilia; hemophilic. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or afflicted with hemophilia; hemophiliac.
Syn. -- haemophilic, hemophiliac. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. (Microbiology) Growing best in a medium containing blood, or in blood; -- of bacteria. [ PJC ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + &unr_; to spit: cf. F. hémoptysie.] (Med.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. haemorrhagia, Gr. a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf. F. hémorragie, hémorrhagie.] (Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels. [1913 Webster]

☞ The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. a"imorragiko`s: cf. F. hémorrhagique.] Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. hémorroïdal, hémorrhoïdal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, hemorrhoids. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; rectal; as, the hemorrhoidal arteries, veins, and nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L. haemorrhoidae, pl., Gr. &unr_;, sing., &unr_; (sc. &unr_;), pl., veins liable to discharge blood, hemorrhoids, fr. &unr_; flowing with blood; a"i^ma blood + &unr_; to flow: cf. F. hémorroïdes, hémorrhoïdes. See Rheum.] (Med.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods. [The sing. hemorrhoid is rarely used.] [1913 Webster]

n. (Med.) a granular yellowish-brown substance composed of protein and ferric oxide, resulting from the breakdown of hemoglobin; it has a higher iron content than ferritin, and its presence in body tissues or phagocytes can be a symptom of disturbed iron metabolism. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Med.) The accumulation of abnormal amounts of hemosiderin in the tisssues. Several causes have been recognized. Stedman. [ PJC ]

n. a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel.
Syn. -- haemostat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Hemo- + Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, fr. &unr_; to stand. ] 1. (Med.) Of or relating to stagnation of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Hemo-, and Thorax. ] (Med.) An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura. [ 1913 Webster ]