Category: h

H

hypospadias

Hypospadias

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. an abnormal condition in males in which the urethra opens on the under surface of the penis (context:state)

hypospadias

hysteric

Hysteric

– definition :

  • (adjective)
    1. characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria (context:all)
  • (noun)
    1. a person suffering from hysteria (context:person)

– Sample : “hysteric”

  • during hysterical conditions various functions of the human body are disordered
  • hysterical amnesia
hysteric

hypothalamic releasing factor

Hypothalamic releasing factor

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone (context:body)

hypothalamic releasing factor

hypophysis

Hypophysis

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain (context:body)

hypophysis

hypothetical

Hypothetical

– definition :

  • (adjective)
    1. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence (context:all)
  • (noun)
    1. a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. (context:cognition)

– Sample : “hypothetical”

  • consider the following, just as a hypothetical
  • hypothetical situation
  • suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
  • the supposed reason for his absence
  • theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
hypothetical

hyrax

Hyrax

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes (context:animal)

hyrax

hypostasis

Hypostasis

– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality (context:cognition)
    2. any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united (context:person)
    3. the accumulation of blood in an organ (context:process)
    4. the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene (context:process)

hypostasis