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haustus (a draft of medicine); height; hemagglutinin; henry; hora; hour; horizontal; hypermetropia.
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Symbol for the element hydrogen.
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Symbol for tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen.
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Symbol for hecto, a term used in SI units.
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Symbol for Planck’s constant (the amount of energy in a photon). The constant, ħ, = 6.626068 × 10–34 m2 kg/s.
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Symbol for molar hydrogen ion concentration.
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hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure.
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy.
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A colloquial term for IRIS (the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome).
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(häs e-fekt) The tendency for sounds to be perceived as coming from one location or another depending on the ear that hears the sound first.
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(hă-bē′nă, hă-bē′nē″, hă-bē′nī″) pl. habenae [L. habena, rein] 1. A frenum. SEE: frenum. 2. A habenula. SEE: habenula.
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(hă-ben′yŭ-lă, hă-ben′yŭ-lē″, hă-ben′yŭ-lī″) pl. habenulae [L. habenula, little rein, strap] 1. A frenum or any reinlike or whiplike structure. 2. A peduncle or stalk attached to the pineal body of the brain. Fibers that travel posteriorly along the dorsomedial border of the thalamus to the habenular ganglia (epithalamus) resemble reins. 3. A narrow bandlike stricture. habenular (hă-ben′yŭ-lăr), adj.
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(hob′ĕr-vīs′) [Fritz Haber, Ger. physical chemist, 1868–1934; Joseph Weiss, Haber’s student] The generation of toxic oxygen and hydroxyl radicals from hydrogen peroxide and superoxide. These radicals contribute to cell injury in many diseases, e.g., in the brain or heart after a stroke or heart attack.
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(hă-bĭl″ĭ-tā′shŭn) 1. The process of educating or training persons with functional limitation to improve their ability to function in society. 2. Qualification for office. 3. Academic accreditation. SEE: rehabilitation.
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habilitative services
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(hŭ-bi-lŭ-tā-tiv) Therapies that enhance functional skills, esp. those used in activities of daily living.
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[L. habitus, state, style] 1. A motor pattern ...