dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/hem_MW.json
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"hem":{
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"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"definitions":{
": a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down":[],
": blood":[
"hem agglutination",
"hemo flagellate"
],
": border , edge":[],
": equivocate":[
"the administration hemmed and hawed over the students' demands"
],
": rim , margin":[
"bright green hem of reeds about the ponds",
"\u2014 R. M. Lockley"
],
": to finish with a hem":[],
": to make a hem in sewing":[],
": to surround in a restrictive manner : confine":[
"\u2014 usually used with in hemmed in by enemy troops"
],
": to utter the sound represented by hem":[
"hemmed and hawed before answering"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"shorten the hem of the dress",
"the hem of the blouse was gold",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pleats add a fun touch and the asymmetrical hem will make this look stand out on the dance floor. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"For Hollywood's biggest night, Ross wore a stunning scarlet gown by Carolina Herrera with a plunging sweetheart neckline, ruffled mermaid-style hem , and shimmery diamond choker necklace by NIWAKA. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Artist Cassi Namoda, wearing an oversized yellow sweatshirt with an iridescent sea-green frock, chatted with director Hailey Benton Gates, whose signature plaits reached the hem of her belted mini dress. \u2014 Zoe Ruffner, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Barbie Ferreira was the picture of chicness in an elegant black midi dress that featured a fringe trim across the waistline and along the asymmetrical hem of the dress. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Pair it with some deceptively comfortable split- hem trousers from Theory that might actually be more legging than pants. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Under the flared hem of her slacks, Sink wore a pair of pointed white boots to match her suit. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 16 May 2022",
"Also in line with the \u201990s vibes were her peep-toe pumps, which peeked out beneath the floor-skimming hem of her pants. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 6 May 2022",
"This tank top achieves the perfect balance of flowy and elegant with its longline hem and pleated front. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Inky volcanic rocks, after which the residency is named, hem the shore. \u2014 Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Brothy toast needs walls to hem in all of its runny goodness, a little hug around the food that keeps it together. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 May 2022",
"The Russian leader, who was speaking at a Tuesday news conference alongside Hungary\u2019s prime minister, also accused the United States and NATO of using Ukraine to hem in Russia and ignoring Moscow\u2019s security concerns. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The moderates would hem them in, leave Democrats empty-handed except for their initial effort to ward off the pandemic. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 21 Sep. 2021",
"If the virus effectively stands still, the increase in the rollout of vaccines worldwide that is projected to take place over the next half year or so could start to hem the virus in. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 20 Sep. 2021",
"All that\u2019s to say, Hoshikawa is already planning on bribing her sister, a Parsons design student, to hem it for her. \u2014 refinery29.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Here, there\u2019s a coffee shop and an outdoor public terrace that opens to views of the main library and the skyscrapers that hem in Bryant Park. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2021",
"After the soldiers continued to hem in Al-Aqsa, Hamas began launching rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Quartz , 12 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Inky volcanic rocks, after which the residency is named, hem the shore. \u2014 Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Brothy toast needs walls to hem in all of its runny goodness, a little hug around the food that keeps it together. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 May 2022",
"The Russian leader, who was speaking at a Tuesday news conference alongside Hungary\u2019s prime minister, also accused the United States and NATO of using Ukraine to hem in Russia and ignoring Moscow\u2019s security concerns. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The moderates would hem them in, leave Democrats empty-handed except for their initial effort to ward off the pandemic. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 21 Sep. 2021",
"If the virus effectively stands still, the increase in the rollout of vaccines worldwide that is projected to take place over the next half year or so could start to hem the virus in. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 20 Sep. 2021",
"All that\u2019s to say, Hoshikawa is already planning on bribing her sister, a Parsons design student, to hem it for her. \u2014 refinery29.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Here, there\u2019s a coffee shop and an outdoor public terrace that opens to views of the main library and the skyscrapers that hem in Bryant Park. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2021",
"After the soldiers continued to hem in Al-Aqsa, Hamas began launching rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Quartz , 12 May 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"circa 1525, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin haem-, haemo- , from Greek haim-, haimo- , from haima":"Combining form",
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle High German hemmen to hem in, Armenian kamel to press":"Noun",
"imitative":"Interjection"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hem",
"usually read as \u02c8hem"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"border",
"borderline",
"bound",
"boundary",
"brim",
"circumference",
"compass",
"confines",
"edge",
"edging",
"end",
"frame",
"fringe",
"margin",
"perimeter",
"periphery",
"rim",
"skirt",
"skirting",
"verge"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214945",
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"combining form",
"interjection",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hem (in)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a red-brown to blue-black crystalline salt C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 FeCl derived from oxidized heme but usually obtained in a characteristic crystalline form from hemoglobin":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1857, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0113-m\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032952",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hemihedral":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having half the faces required by complete symmetry \u2014 compare holohedral , tetartohedral":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1837, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"hemi- + -hedron":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cche-mi-\u02c8h\u0113-dr\u0259l"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115059",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hemihedron":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a hemihedral form or crystal":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from hemi- entry 1 + -hedron":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8h\u0113dr\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-121608",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hemiholohedral":{
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"definitions":{
": having a hemihedral form in which half the octants have the full number of planes":[
"hemiholohedral tetrahedron",
"hemiholohedral sphenoid"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"hemi- entry 1 + holohedral":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112816",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"hemihydrate":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a hydrate (such as plaster of paris) containing half a mole of water to one mole of the compound forming the hydrate":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1901, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cche-mi-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-105103",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"hemoglobic":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": hemoglobinic":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"hemoglob in + -ic":""
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"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-130321",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"hemoglobin":{
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"definitions":{
": an iron-containing respiratory pigment of vertebrate red blood cells that consists of a globin composed of four subunits each of which is linked to a heme molecule, that functions in oxygen transport to the tissues after conversion to oxygenated form in the gills or lungs, and that assists in carbon dioxide transport back to the gills or lungs after surrender of its oxygen":[],
": any of numerous iron-containing respiratory pigments of various organisms (such as invertebrates and yeasts)":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"When chemotherapy during an arduous battle with leukemia destroyed much of her platelets and hemoglobin in 2019, transfusions helped replace the proteins needed to carry oxygen throughout her body. \u2014 Abigail Hasebroock, Orlando Sentinel , 20 June 2022",
"In truth, the Teichmann Test had been in use since 1853, a conclusive test based on microcrystal formation in reaction to hemoglobin . \u2014 Roy Schwartz, CNN , 20 May 2022",
"Donors receive a free mini-health screening with information on pulse, blood pressure and hemoglobin . \u2014 Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 Apr. 2022",
"Iron is essential for making hemoglobin , a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to all parts of your body. \u2014 Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press , 26 Feb. 2022",
"Your plasma volume will recover within about 24 hours, but the hemoglobin in your red blood cells\u2014the protein that transfers oxygen from your lungs to your muscles\u2014won\u2019t return to normal levels for two to four weeks. \u2014 Amanda Macmillan, Outside Online , 17 July 2014",
"The video for the title track from their new album WAR (April 22) portrays Busch under a sheet of plastic, a bright faux- hemoglobin -rich liquid reverse-dripping from her face. \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 21 Apr. 2022",
"In humans, hemoglobin is initially constructed using two alpha units and two gamma units; during the first few months of life, the body mostly stops producing gamma and starts producing beta, with which alpha then pairs. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But so far there are no signs that Bluebird\u2019s treatment results in excess adult hemoglobin that causes problems, Williams says. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 5 Dec. 2020"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, short for earlier hematoglobulin":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0113-m\u0259-\u02ccgl\u014d-b\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111904",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"hemihedrism":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the property of crystallizing hemihedrally":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"hemi- entry 1 + -hedr on + -ism or -y":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142413"
},
"hemikaryon":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a cell nucleus containing the haploid number of chromosomes":[
"\u2014 opposed to amphikaryon"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary hemi- entry 1 + karyon ; originally formed in German":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145548"
},
"hemoglobin A1c":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02cc\u0101-\u02ccw\u0259n-\u02c8s\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145854"
},
"hemoglobinopathy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a blood disorder (such as sickle cell anemia) caused by a genetically determined change in the molecular structure of hemoglobin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u0113-m\u0259-\u02ccgl\u014d-b\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4-p\u0259-th\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"According to the American College of Obstetrician Gynecologists, all women who are thinking about becoming pregnant or who are already pregnant are offered carrier screening for cystic fibrosis, hemoglobinopathies , and spinal muscular atrophy. \u2014 Jennifer Gerson, Marie Claire , 1 Oct. 2018",
"According to the American College of Obstetrician Gynecologists, all women who are thinking about becoming pregnant or who are already pregnant are offered carrier screening for cystic fibrosis, hemoglobinopathies , and spinal muscular atrophy. \u2014 Jennifer Gerson, Marie Claire , 1 Oct. 2018"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1957, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151209"
},
"hemoglobin S":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an abnormal hemoglobin that occurs in the red blood cells in sickle cell anemia and sickle-cell trait":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The result is hemoglobin S \u2014a misshapen version that causes red blood cells to sickle. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022",
"But hemoglobin S congeals into taut strands, making the blood cells that carry it fragile and rigid, as though a balloon were filled with shards of ice. \u2014 Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker , 22 Mar. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151326"
},
"Hemileia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of rusts (order Uredinales) producing both urediospores and teliospores from a compound spore-bearing stalk":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from hemi- entry 1 + -leia (from Greek leios smooth, flat); from the shape of the spores":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-151510"
},
"hemi-":{
"type":[
"prefix"
],
"definitions":{
": half":[
"hemi hedral"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Latin, from Greek h\u0113mi- \u2014 more at semi-":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153546"
},
"hemolysis":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lysis of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"hi-\u02c8m\u00e4-l\u0259-s\u0259s",
"\u02cch\u0113-m\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-s\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That\u2019s because the act of running\u2014that repetitive pounding for miles at a time\u2014causes muscle damage and hemolysis , or the destruction of red blood cells. \u2014 Amanda Macmillan, Outside Online , 27 Feb. 2015",
"Other endurance athletes may also experience hemolysis , Zourdos says, but sports like cycling and swimming aren\u2019t as muscle-lengthening (and muscle-damaging), as running. \u2014 Amanda Macmillan, Outside Online , 27 Feb. 2015",
"According to the study, hemolysis appears to be the primary cause of space anemia. \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 18 Jan. 2022",
"Trudel and his team found, however, that the hemolysis was a primary response to being in space. \u2014 Doug Johnson, Ars Technica , 14 Jan. 2022",
"The integrity of red blood cells relies on a host of factors, and G6PD activity is one of them; a deficiency of this red cell enzyme is infamously associated with red cell destruction ( hemolysis ) if an individual has eaten fava beans. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Oct. 2020",
"If left untreated, bites can cause hemolysis (rupturing of red blood cells); kidney failure can also occur. \u2014 Christina Oehler, Health.com , 26 Aug. 2019",
"In severe cases, preeclampsia can devolve into HELLP syndrome, which ACOG explains stands for hemolysis (damage to red blood cells), elevated liver enzymes (a sign of liver damage), and low platelet count (cells that help your blood clot). \u2014 Patia Braithwaite, SELF , 30 July 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1890, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-153701"
},
"hemoglobin A":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the hemoglobin in the red blood cells of the normal human adult":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1958, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-154535"
},
"hemophilia B":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mild to severe hemophilia that is caused by a deficiency of factor IX":[
"\u2014 compare hemophilia a"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company recently announced that the U.S. FDA has asked for eighteen months of data for its hemophilia B gene therapy, implying a six month delay in filing for accelerated approval. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The company recently announced that the U.S. FDA has asked for eighteen months of data for its hemophilia B gene therapy, implying a six month delay in filing for accelerated approval. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The company recently announced that the U.S. FDA has asked for eighteen months of data for its hemophilia B gene therapy, implying a six month delay in filing for accelerated approval. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The company recently announced that the U.S. FDA has asked for eighteen months of data for its hemophilia B gene therapy, implying a six month delay in filing for accelerated approval. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The company recently announced that the U.S. FDA has asked for eighteen months of data for its hemophilia B gene therapy, implying a six month delay in filing for accelerated approval. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The company recently announced that the U.S. FDA has asked for eighteen months of data for its hemophilia B gene therapy, implying a six month delay in filing for accelerated approval. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The company recently announced that the U.S. FDA has asked for eighteen months of data for its hemophilia B gene therapy, implying a six month delay in filing for accelerated approval. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"The company recently announced that the U.S. FDA has asked for eighteen months of data for its hemophilia B gene therapy, implying a six month delay in filing for accelerated approval. \u2014 Trefis Team, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155411"
},
"hemimellitene":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a liquid hydrocarbon C 6 H 3 (CH 3 ) 3 obtained from coal tar and petroleum; 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8mel\u0259\u02cct\u0113n"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary hemi- entry 1 + mellite + -ene":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-155947"
},
"hemophilia A":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the common form of hemophilia that is caused by a deficiency of factor VIII \u2014 compare hemophilia b":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The company\u2019s drug, a monthly treatment injected under the skin, significantly reduced the rate of bleeding for patients with hemophilia A and B in a small study, Centessa said Thursday. \u2014 Damian Garde, STAT , 11 Sep. 2021",
"About 1 in 10,000 people have hemophilia A , and about half of them have a severe case. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Aug. 2020",
"In deciding not to approve Roctavian, a BioMarin Pharmaceutical gene therapy for hemophilia A , the FDA demanded two additional years of data to strengthen the case that its benefits are durable. \u2014 Adam Feuerstein, STAT , 20 Aug. 2020",
"Treating hemophilia A typically costs about $300,000 a year, according to the health care and biotech news site. \u2014 CBS News , 19 Aug. 2020",
"Stimate nasal spray is used in treating certain patients with hemophilia A or those with mild to moderate classic von Willebrand's disease, a blood-clotting disorder. \u2014 Kate Gibson, CBS News , 6 Aug. 2020",
"In 2017, the FDA approved Roche Holding AG \u2019s hemophilia A treatment, Hemlibra, which isn\u2019t a gene therapy. \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2020",
"But the new warning comes from larger, older animals: adult dogs with hemophilia A , in which a clotting protein called factor VIII is missing. \u2014 Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS , 6 Jan. 2020",
"Regulators needed to be persuaded that Roche wasn\u2019t just buying Spark and its hemophilia A treatment, currently in clinical studies, to thwart a potential competitor for Roche\u2019s existing hemophilia drug. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 26 Dec. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1954, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160035"
},
"hemorrhagic stroke":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in or on the surface of the brain with bleeding into the surrounding tissue":[],
"\u2014 compare ischemic stroke":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1929, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162229"
},
"hemiacetal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a class of compounds characterized by the grouping C(OH)(OR) where R is an alkyl group and usually formed as intermediates in the preparation of acetals from aldehydes or ketones":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cchem-\u0113-\u02c8as-\u0259-\u02cctal",
"\u02cche-m\u0113-\u02c8a-s\u0259-\u02cctal"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1893, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-162732"
},
"hemolysin":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a substance that causes the dissolution of red blood cells":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u0113-m\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-s\u1d4an"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172033"
},
"hemipteran":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a large order (Hemiptera) of hemimetabolous insects (such as the true bugs) that have hemelytra and mouthparts adapted to piercing and sucking":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"hi-\u02c8mip-t\u0259-r\u0259n"
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"noun"
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"first_known_use":{
"1964, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"\u02c8hem-\u02ccr\u022fid",
"\u02c8he-m\u0259-"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This supportive combination has turned the product into the ideal pain-relieving product for people with conditions ranging from sciatica and bed sores to cracked tailbones and hemorrhoid pain. \u2014 Braelyn Wood, Health.com , 9 June 2021",
"Many hemorrhoid sufferers experience significant pain while sitting in a chair. \u2014 Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com , 11 Aug. 2020",
"Some hemorrhoid creams and ointments also address fissures and post-natal irritations of the pelvic area. \u2014 Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com , 11 Aug. 2020",
"Since then, the plant has been used around the world as a traditional remedy for not only colds and flu, but also a variety conditions such as constipation, toothaches, sprains, dislocations, hemorrhoids , burns, insect bites and rashes. \u2014 Mary Pembleton, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"From July to December 2018, Murry saw medical professionals more than a dozen times, which led to a variety of diagnoses from hemorrhoids to a urinary tract infection. \u2014 Max Blau, ajc , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Young advises clients struggling with constipation and complications like hemorrhoids to up the insoluble fiber in their diets. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 15 May 2019",
"One is James Richard Luu, of San Jose, California, who allowed his sister, an acupuncturist, to use his prescription pad and to treat patients with hemorrhoids in his office, misdiagnosing them and causing pain. \u2014 Sophie Chou, ProPublica , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Once a month, he and Trudy - a registered nurse - volunteer their time at a free medical clinic in Arlington, Virginia, treating the uninsured for problems as plebeian as hemorrhoids . \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Oct. 2019"
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"Middle English emeroides , plural, from Anglo-French emorroides , from Latin haemorrhoidae , from Greek haimorrhoides , from haimorrhoos flowing with blood, from haimo- hem- + rhein to flow \u2014 more at stream":""
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": a reddish-brown to black mineral consisting of ferric oxide, constituting an important iron ore, and occurring in crystals or as earthy red ocher":[]
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"\u02c8h\u0113-m\u0259-\u02cct\u012bt"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"More than 12,000 years ago, the first inhabitants of present-day eastern Wyoming came across a fruitful deposit of hematite , or red ocher, and began digging out the valuable, blood-red mineral using animal bones and antlers. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
"No new hematite is being formed today, Lacefield said, because that ancient bacteria is no longer around. \u2014 Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The rust comes from iron on the lunar surface oxidating into lunar hematite . \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 20 Sep. 2021",
"So, all in all, Mars is red because of hematite , which is a red form of ferric oxide. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Like on Mars, the red color of the Ts\u00e9yi\u2019 rocks derive from the mineral hematite , and the canyon was carved into the sandstone by running water, once abundant also on the Red Planet. \u2014 David Bressan, Forbes , 12 Mar. 2021",
"The particles that make up this hematite are small: between about 3 and 45 microns in diameter. \u2014 Ethan Siegel, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The polar surfaces showed spectra that matched the mineral hematite (Fe2O3), according to the study's abstract. \u2014 Chris Ciaccia, Fox News , 6 Sep. 2020",
"To confirm that hematite was in fact present, the team recruited Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers Abigail Fraeman and Vivian Sun to give their findings a second look. \u2014 Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine , 9 Sep. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1540, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"That level is classified as a very mild hemophilia and doesn't require treatment. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2020",
"The hemophilia trial was typical of most early efforts at gene therapy. \u2014 John Timmer, Ars Technica , 9 Dec. 2020",
"Drugs derived from plasma are used for treating ailments such as hemophilia and are showing promise in slowing the progression of Alzheimer\u2019s. \u2014 Emma Vickers, Bloomberg.com , 13 May 2020",
"It is designed for hemophilia patients to make the protein missing for blood-clotting. \u2014 Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ , 16 Jan. 2020",
"Plasma is transformed into a wide variety of therapies that benefit thousands of people every day suffering from conditions such as hemophilia and immune deficiencies. \u2014 Dallas News , 5 Feb. 2020",
"Last year, two of the most significant growth drivers were Ocrevus, for multiple sclerosis, and Hemlibra, for hemophilia . \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 30 Jan. 2020",
"The company also wrote down the value of hemophilia treatment Eloctate by \u20ac1.2 billion. \u2014 Denise Roland, WSJ , 6 Feb. 2020",
"The Spark holdup confused the market because there are multiple other drugmakers developing hemophilia gene therapies. \u2014 Washington Post , 17 Dec. 2019"
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"New Latin":""
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"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"European Christians considered Jews effeminate owing to their circumcisions, deeming them a studious, unathletic, hemorrhoidal people unable to gallop through Palestine bedecked in armor and spearing unbelievers. \u2014 Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker , 4 Oct. 2021",
"High fiber diets can also benefit our gastrointestinal health by improving bowel habits, improving hemorrhoidal disease, and by preventing diverticular disease. \u2014 Trihealth, Cincinnati.com , 17 July 2017"
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"plural noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195648"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a yellowish-brown, iron-containing, granular pigment that is found within cells (such as macrophages), is composed chiefly of aggregates of ferritin , and is typically associated with bleeding and the breakdown of red blood cells (as in hemolytic anemia)":[]
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"borrowed from German H\u00e4mosiderin, from h\u00e4mo- hem- + Greek s\u00edd\u0113ros \"iron\" + German -in -in entry 1 \u2014 more at sidero-":""
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"noun"
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": an iron-containing respiratory pigment in the blood of various chiefly marine invertebrates (such as some brachiopods)":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Some worms use purplish hemerythrin ; others use greenish chlorocruorin; some use a combination of pigments. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 22 Apr. 2019"
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"hem- + erythr- + -in entry 1":""
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"1903, in the meaning defined above":""
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"-m\u0259-\u02c8tab-\u0259-l\u0259s",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The hemimetabolous species, as well as some of the holometabolous species such as the honey bees, have the same diet throughout their lives. \u2014 Popular Science , 20 Oct. 2020",
"And don\u2019t go killing off any more of those high-protein hemimetabolous insects that converge on in the outfield grass after the big stadium lights go out. \u2014 Tom Hoffarth, Orange County Register , 14 Apr. 2017"
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"ultimately from Greek hemi- + metabolos changeable, from metabol\u0113 change \u2014 more at metabolism":""
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"1870, in the meaning defined above":""
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"inclose",
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"house",
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"Noun",
"shorten the hem of the dress",
"the hem of the blouse was gold",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The pleats add a fun touch and the asymmetrical hem will make this look stand out on the dance floor. \u2014 Raena Loper, Good Housekeeping , 25 May 2022",
"For Hollywood's biggest night, Ross wore a stunning scarlet gown by Carolina Herrera with a plunging sweetheart neckline, ruffled mermaid-style hem , and shimmery diamond choker necklace by NIWAKA. \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 27 Mar. 2022",
"Artist Cassi Namoda, wearing an oversized yellow sweatshirt with an iridescent sea-green frock, chatted with director Hailey Benton Gates, whose signature plaits reached the hem of her belted mini dress. \u2014 Zoe Ruffner, Vogue , 19 May 2022",
"Barbie Ferreira was the picture of chicness in an elegant black midi dress that featured a fringe trim across the waistline and along the asymmetrical hem of the dress. \u2014 Hannah Oh, Seventeen , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Pair it with some deceptively comfortable split- hem trousers from Theory that might actually be more legging than pants. \u2014 Lilah Ramzi, Vogue , 6 Apr. 2022",
"Under the flared hem of her slacks, Sink wore a pair of pointed white boots to match her suit. \u2014 Aim\u00e9e Lutkin, ELLE , 16 May 2022",
"Also in line with the \u201990s vibes were her peep-toe pumps, which peeked out beneath the floor-skimming hem of her pants. \u2014 Sam Reed, Glamour , 6 May 2022",
"This tank top achieves the perfect balance of flowy and elegant with its longline hem and pleated front. \u2014 Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure , 30 Mar. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Inky volcanic rocks, after which the residency is named, hem the shore. \u2014 Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Brothy toast needs walls to hem in all of its runny goodness, a little hug around the food that keeps it together. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 May 2022",
"The Russian leader, who was speaking at a Tuesday news conference alongside Hungary\u2019s prime minister, also accused the United States and NATO of using Ukraine to hem in Russia and ignoring Moscow\u2019s security concerns. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The moderates would hem them in, leave Democrats empty-handed except for their initial effort to ward off the pandemic. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 21 Sep. 2021",
"If the virus effectively stands still, the increase in the rollout of vaccines worldwide that is projected to take place over the next half year or so could start to hem the virus in. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 20 Sep. 2021",
"All that\u2019s to say, Hoshikawa is already planning on bribing her sister, a Parsons design student, to hem it for her. \u2014 refinery29.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Here, there\u2019s a coffee shop and an outdoor public terrace that opens to views of the main library and the skyscrapers that hem in Bryant Park. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2021",
"After the soldiers continued to hem in Al-Aqsa, Hamas began launching rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Quartz , 12 May 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Inky volcanic rocks, after which the residency is named, hem the shore. \u2014 Vogue , 1 June 2022",
"Brothy toast needs walls to hem in all of its runny goodness, a little hug around the food that keeps it together. \u2014 Kendra Vaculin, Bon App\u00e9tit , 10 May 2022",
"The Russian leader, who was speaking at a Tuesday news conference alongside Hungary\u2019s prime minister, also accused the United States and NATO of using Ukraine to hem in Russia and ignoring Moscow\u2019s security concerns. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
"The moderates would hem them in, leave Democrats empty-handed except for their initial effort to ward off the pandemic. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 21 Sep. 2021",
"If the virus effectively stands still, the increase in the rollout of vaccines worldwide that is projected to take place over the next half year or so could start to hem the virus in. \u2014 Helen Branswell, STAT , 20 Sep. 2021",
"All that\u2019s to say, Hoshikawa is already planning on bribing her sister, a Parsons design student, to hem it for her. \u2014 refinery29.com , 18 Aug. 2021",
"Here, there\u2019s a coffee shop and an outdoor public terrace that opens to views of the main library and the skyscrapers that hem in Bryant Park. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2021",
"After the soldiers continued to hem in Al-Aqsa, Hamas began launching rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Quartz , 12 May 2021"
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"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle High German hemmen to hem in, Armenian kamel to press":"Noun",
"imitative":"Interjection",
"Latin haem-, haemo- , from Greek haim-, haimo- , from haima":"Combining form"
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"first_known_use":{
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"circa 1525, in the meaning defined above":"Interjection"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The vast majority of these are viruses, in particular belonging to the hemorrhagic fever group (including Ebola, hantavirus, Lassa fever), flaviviruses (dengue, zika, yellow fever), and coronaviruses (MERS, and new strands of covid). \u2014 Annalisa Merelli, Quartz , 9 May 2022",
"Congo has seen 13 previous outbreaks of Ebola, including one in 2018-2020 in the east that killed nearly 2,300 people, the second-highest toll recorded in the history of the hemorrhagic fever . \u2014 Washington Post , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Plus, Ukraine is still bedeviled by infectious diseases that persist in emerging economies, such as tuberculosis, measles, and HIV, and is at risk of rare diseases endemic to Eurasia, such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever . \u2014 Maryn Mckenna, Wired , 29 Mar. 2022",
"Old World hantaviruses cause a disease called hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
"In Xi\u2019an in Shaanxi province, tens of thousands of residents were ordered to quarantine following outbreaks this month of covid-19 and hemorrhagic fever , a seasonal disease caused by the hantavirus. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 Dec. 2021",
"No further cases were confirmed by health workers monitoring the 170 high-risk contacts of the first patient, who was diagnosed after succumbing to the highly infectious hemorrhagic fever . \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Studies were underway on Ebola, Lassa and the virus that causes Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever . \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2021",
"The hemorrhagic fever infected nearly 3,500 people and killed about 2,300. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Sep. 2021"
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"first_known_use":{
"1948, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001935"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a crystalline acid C 6 H 3 (COOH) 3 derived from benzene and having half as many carboxyl groups as mellitic acid; 1,2,3-benzene-tricarboxylic acid":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-003024"
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"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an insect of the genus Hemimerus":[]
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"New Latin Hemimeridae , family of insects, from Hemimerus , type genus + -idae":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023106"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"hemipteroid mouthparts"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a hereditary disorder of metabolism involving the deposition of iron-containing pigments in the tissues that is characterized especially by joint or abdominal pain, weakness, and fatigue and that may lead to bronzing of the skin, arthritis, diabetes, cirrhosis, or heart disease if untreated":[]
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"\u02cch\u0113-m\u0259-\u02cckr\u014d-m\u0259-\u02c8t\u014d-s\u0259s"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Hereditary hemochromatosis is a disease of iron absorption. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 28 July 2021",
"The prologue sets the initial tone with five on-screen title cards, listing medical conditions and their definitions: arrhythmia, hemochromatosis , asthma, diabetes and paralysis. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The prologue sets the initial tone with five on-screen title cards, listing medical conditions and their definitions: arrhythmia, hemochromatosis , asthma, diabetes and paralysis. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The prologue sets the initial tone with five on-screen title cards, listing medical conditions and their definitions: arrhythmia, hemochromatosis , asthma, diabetes and paralysis. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The prologue sets the initial tone with five on-screen title cards, listing medical conditions and their definitions: arrhythmia, hemochromatosis , asthma, diabetes and paralysis. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The prologue sets the initial tone with five on-screen title cards, listing medical conditions and their definitions: arrhythmia, hemochromatosis , asthma, diabetes and paralysis. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The prologue sets the initial tone with five on-screen title cards, listing medical conditions and their definitions: arrhythmia, hemochromatosis , asthma, diabetes and paralysis. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2020",
"The prologue sets the initial tone with five on-screen title cards, listing medical conditions and their definitions: arrhythmia, hemochromatosis , asthma, diabetes and paralysis. \u2014 Tribune News Service, cleveland , 19 Nov. 2020"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This supportive combination has turned the product into the ideal pain-relieving product for people with conditions ranging from sciatica and bed sores to cracked tailbones and hemorrhoid pain. \u2014 Braelyn Wood, Health.com , 9 June 2021",
"Many hemorrhoid sufferers experience significant pain while sitting in a chair. \u2014 Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com , 11 Aug. 2020",
"Some hemorrhoid creams and ointments also address fissures and post-natal irritations of the pelvic area. \u2014 Michael Pollick, chicagotribune.com , 11 Aug. 2020",
"Since then, the plant has been used around the world as a traditional remedy for not only colds and flu, but also a variety conditions such as constipation, toothaches, sprains, dislocations, hemorrhoids , burns, insect bites and rashes. \u2014 Mary Pembleton, New York Times , 17 Apr. 2020",
"From July to December 2018, Murry saw medical professionals more than a dozen times, which led to a variety of diagnoses from hemorrhoids to a urinary tract infection. \u2014 Max Blau, ajc , 18 Mar. 2020",
"Young advises clients struggling with constipation and complications like hemorrhoids to up the insoluble fiber in their diets. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 15 May 2019",
"One is James Richard Luu, of San Jose, California, who allowed his sister, an acupuncturist, to use his prescription pad and to treat patients with hemorrhoids in his office, misdiagnosing them and causing pain. \u2014 Sophie Chou, ProPublica , 12 Dec. 2019",
"Once a month, he and Trudy - a registered nurse - volunteer their time at a free medical clinic in Arlington, Virginia, treating the uninsured for problems as plebeian as hemorrhoids . \u2014 oregonlive , 5 Oct. 2019"
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"Middle English emeroides , plural, from Anglo-French emorroides , from Latin haemorrhoidae , from Greek haimorrhoides , from haimorrhoos flowing with blood, from haimo- hem- + rhein to flow \u2014 more at stream":""
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"noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-092513"
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"type":[
"noun"
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": hemochromogen":[]
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"\u02c8hem-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"adjective",
"noun"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the digestive system\u2014which is unusually extensive in sea spiders, running down each leg\u2014was contracting in waves, moving food in the gut as well as blood in the surrounding hemocoel cavity, the spider equivalent of veins and arteries. \u2014 Katie Langin, Science | AAAS , 10 July 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125148"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the half channel or groove on each edge of a triglyph":[]
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"type":[
"adjective"
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": warm-blooded":[]
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"\u00a6hem\u0259t\u014d",
"\u00a6h\u0113m-+"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the excessive deposition of hemosiderin in bodily tissues (as of the liver, spleen, or lungs) that typically results from bleeding, the breakdown of red blood cells, or repeated transfusions and is usually not accompanied by tissue damage":[
"With pulmonary hemosiderosis , iron escapes and deposits occur in lung cells from a bleeding there.",
"\u2014 Paul G. Donohue",
"She also developed pancytopenia and required repeated transfusions that resulted in hemosiderosis .",
"\u2014 Ellen Sidransky et al."
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"\u02cch\u0113-m\u014d-\u200b\u02ccsi-d\u200b\u0259-\u200b\u02c8r\u014d-\u200bs\u0259s"
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"hemosider(in) + -osis":""
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a dark to dark grayish red":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154457"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a tall widely cultivated Asian herb ( Cannabis sativa of the family Cannabaceae, the hemp family) that is cultivated for its tough bast fiber and edible seeds and oil and that is often separated into a tall loosely branched species ( C. sativa ) and a low-growing densely branched species ( C. indica )":[],
": the fiber of hemp":[
"\u2026 hemp can produce superb paper and construction materials lighter and stronger than lumber.",
"\u2014 Ted Williams",
"\u2014 often used before another noun hemp rope a hemp shirt"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8hemp"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Resembling a bowling ball in both size and appearance, each was bound, shibari-bondage style, by hemp rope woven into a net-like tote and perched atop an elegant, wooden gift box. \u2014 Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle , 27 June 2022",
"Natasha Tonic Instead of using synthetic materials, Natasha Tonic uses hemp , which grows quickly and produces more fiber than cotton or flax. \u2014 Olivia O'bryon, Forbes , 26 June 2022",
"Hemp grown with chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides ends up with all of those undesirable things in the plant itself due to hemp \u2019s efficiency as a bioaccumulator. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 June 2022",
"Do any of the following materials alarm you: soy, hemp , horsehair, mohair, coconut fibre, green tea, polylactide derived from sugarcane",
"From State Street in Boston to Wall Street in New York and Broad Street in Philadelphia, northern banks made loans to southern growers of cotton, tobacco, indigo, hemp , and other crops for export or domestic consumption. \u2014 Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
"Looking to get in on the hemp trend and try it yourself",
"The dispensary also carries non-edible hemp products like bath bombs and lotions. \u2014 Emma Balter, Chron , 31 May 2022",
"These organic cotton and hemp bottoms are stretchy and light, yet still weathered rough sandstone cracks without a rip. \u2014 Owen Clarke, Outside Online , 27 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English h\u00e6nep ; akin to Old High German hanaf hemp, Greek kannabis":""
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162211"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": anemia caused by excessive destruction (as in infection or sickle cell anemia) of red blood cells":[]
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Dapsone can also cause side effects, including hemolytic anemia , which is when red blood cells are destroyed faster than they can be made. \u2014 Jessica Migala, Health.com , 7 June 2021",
"The application instead mentions conditions like deafness, blindness and disorders like hemolytic anemia . \u2014 Jessica Hill, USA TODAY , 12 Mar. 2012",
"The drugs can also lead to hemolytic anemia among people with a common genetic condition that prompts red blood cells to break down faster than they can be made. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2020",
"Cold agglutinin disease is a type of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), which causes a person\u2019s immune system to harm red blood cells. \u2014 Maggie O'neill, Health.com , 25 Sep. 2019",
"Because Babesia parasites infect red blood cells, babesiosis can cause hemolytic anemia (from the destruction of red blood cells). \u2014 Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com , 6 May 2018"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1938, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162823"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": living in blood : parasitic in blood":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin hematobium + English -ic or -ous":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-163946"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"hem- + globin":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171557"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals that is functionally comparable to the blood and lymph of vertebrates":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u0113-m\u0259-\u02cclim(p)f"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Males with naturally longer phallic accouterment are thought to gain better access to the female\u2019s hemolymph \u2014the insect equivalent of blood, flowing outside her reproductive tract\u2014where their seminal fluids can prime her body for reproduction. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic , 6 July 2021",
"To inflate this smelly love balloon, the mantis pumps it full of a fluid called hemolymph , which is a bit like blood for invertebrates. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2021",
"Their equivalent to blood is hemolymph , a mostly clear fluid that contains small amounts of hemocyanin. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 22 Apr. 2019",
"The larvae then inject psychotropic substances into the hemolymph , a blood-like substance in the spider's abdomen. \u2014 David Grossman, Popular Mechanics , 30 Apr. 2019",
"About half an hour later, the wasp returns, snaps off the cockroach\u2019s antennae, and treats herself to the hemolymph (the insect equivalent of blood) that oozes out of the stubs. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian , 22 Mar. 2018",
"The hemolymph , like blood in mammals, carries oxygen. \u2014 James Gorman, New York Times , 28 May 2018",
"That could also be how ants know when to stop licking an injury; when the hemolymph stops flowing, it\u2019s time to stop licking and move on. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 14 Feb. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": one of the Hemiptera":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"hemipteron , New Latin, back-formation from Hemiptera; hemipteran from New Latin Hemiptera + English -an":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172301"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an organism living in blood":[]
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"\u02cch\u0113m\u0259\u02c8t\u014db\u0113\u0259m",
"\u02cchem-"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from hemat- + -bium (from Greek bios mode of life)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173041"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": arrest of bleeding":[]
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"\u02cch\u0113-m\u0259-\u02c8st\u0101-s\u0259s"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek haimostasis styptic, from haimo- hem- + -stasis":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1843, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-174738"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a simple shelter usually in a field for cattle or hay":[]
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"\u02c8hem\u0259l"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps alteration of helm entry 1 (rough shed)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181013"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
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"\u00a6hem\u014d+",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183529"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the deep red iron-containing prosthetic group C 34 H 32 N 4 O 4 Fe of hemoglobin and myoglobin":[]
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"\u02c8h\u0113m"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Impossible Foods also faces a legal battle over the patent to its key ingredient, heme . \u2014 Chloe Sorvino, Forbes , 18 June 2022",
"There\u2019s soy and potato for protein, heme and yeast extract for flavor, coconut and sunflower oils for fat as well as methylcellulose and food starch for binders. \u2014 Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal , 25 Jan. 2022",
"Neutrophils are full of myeloperoxidase2, an enzyme that contains green-colored heme , or iron. \u2014 Carolyn L. Todd, SELF , 9 Nov. 2021",
"The way Redwood City\u2019s Impossible Foods makes its vegan pork is similar to its beefy burger recipe, with soy, coconut oil, sunflower oil and bioengineered soy leghemoglobin, otherwise known as heme . \u2014 Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle , 11 Aug. 2021",
"This heme form of iron is very bioavailable in the body. \u2014 Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-cpt, Good Housekeeping , 14 July 2021",
"Porphyria is a group of disorders characterized by a defective enzyme our bodies need to make heme , the deep-red, iron-containing compounds that help transport oxygen throughout the body. \u2014 Kristen Rogers, CNN , 11 June 2021",
"In identifying heme , that blood-like molecule, Brown had a galvanizing innovation. \u2014 Virginia Heffernan, Wired , 1 Apr. 2020",
"The ingredient, known as heme , is a key additive for helping replicate the richness of meat flavors. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 24 Oct. 2019"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary, from hematin":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
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"verb"
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": a copious or heavy discharge of blood from the blood vessels":[
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"\u02c8he-m\u0259-rij",
"\u02c8he-m\u0259-",
"\u02c8hem-rij"
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"Noun",
"The patient suffered a cerebral hemorrhage .",
"There is a possibility of hemorrhage with the procedure.",
"Verb",
"The patient began to hemorrhage after the surgery.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The lawsuit states Noland was charged in 2015 after medical personnel responding to a 911 call found a two-and-a-half-month-old infant in his care was suffering from a brain hemorrhage and symptoms of shaken baby syndrome. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
"For example, in the case of a massive brain hemorrhage that destroys most of the brain tissue but leaves the brain stem intact, the baby can breathe at birth but will need other medical care. \u2014 Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic , 20 May 2022",
"The coroner ruled that the hemorrhage had caused Ratliff to collapse, fall down the stairs and hit her head, which explained the amount of blood found at the scene. \u2014 Emma Dibdin, Town & Country , 4 June 2022",
"Women who were turned away reported more life-threatening complications like eclampsia and postpartum hemorrhage . \u2014 Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"Gustern hit her head on the ground, causing a hemorrhage to the left side of her brain, and died five days later in the hospital after she was removed from life support, according to prosecutors. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 10 May 2022",
"So yeah, this administration is beginning to hemorrhage . \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 9 May 2022",
"Jim didn\u2019t have any of the conditions, like lupus or other autoimmune diseases, that usually cause alveolar hemorrhage . \u2014 Judi Ketteler, Good Housekeeping , 24 Apr. 2022",
"Ignoring these five money- hemorrhage risks will bleed you out very quickly. \u2014 Shakeel Ahmed, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"An unsafe Baltimore County will hemorrhage residents to other jurisdictions. \u2014 David Marks, Baltimore Sun , 17 May 2022",
"In some cases, the blood vessels in the eyes themselves hemorrhage . \u2014 Outside Online , 11 June 2018",
"Company officials also said their direct-to-consumer business\u2014primarily comprised of Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+\u2014continues to hemorrhage cash. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 12 May 2022",
"In 2020, Pollstar, a publication that covers the concert industry worldwide projected the live music industry would hemorrhage $30 billion in revenue because of the pandemic. \u2014 Palak Jayswal | Special To The Tribune, The Salt Lake Tribune , 1 Oct. 2021",
"The Dolphins offense was bleeding, openly and chaotically, and the season about to hemorrhage in a messy manner as Sunday stumbled to an ugly end with a few minutes left in the fourth quarter. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 27 Sep. 2021",
"But with a defense on track to hemorrhage the most yards in league history and a run game wracked by injuries, these 'Hawks will struggle to end the year in gratifying fashion. \u2014 Nate Davis, USA TODAY , 11 Nov. 2020",
"Meanwhile, network providers such as Vodafone and Telef\u00f3nica, which led Europe\u2019s stock markets in the tech frenzy of the late 1990s, continue to hemorrhage value in the current one. \u2014 Stephen Wilmot, WSJ , 25 Sep. 2020",
"Ahead of the government's labor readout, many economists and Wall Street analysts had predicted that the economy would continue to hemorrhage jobs and that the unemployment rate would approach 20%. \u2014 Aimee Picchi, CBS News , 5 June 2020"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin haemorrhagia , from Greek haimorrhagia , from haimo- hem- + -rrhagia":"Noun and Verb"
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"first_known_use":{
"1671, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1928, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190118"
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": of, resembling, or affected with a blood defect that is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood : of, resembling, or affected with hemophilia":[],
": one affected with a blood defect that is characterized by delayed clotting of the blood : one affected with hemophilia":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u0113-m\u0259-\u02c8fi-l\u0113-\u02ccak"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Miller stars as rich 16-year-old hemophiliac Tucker Bryant, one of the earliest patients of Hamptons concierge doctor Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein). \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 June 2022",
"White was a hemophiliac who was diagnosed with AIDS in December 1984 following a blood transfusion, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). \u2014 Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Here\u2019s its argument: Many doctors direct that their patients have their cats declawed when they are immuno-compromised, diabetic, hemophiliac , on immune suppressing medication, and for various other medical reasons. ... \u2014 Sigal Samuel, Vox , 23 July 2019",
"Queen Victoria was the first in her family to carry hemophilia B, a blood clotting disorder, but the Queen herself was not a hemophiliac . \u2014 Chanel Vargas, Town & Country , 8 Jan. 2019",
"Queen Victoria was the first in her family to carry hemophilia B, a blood clotting disorder, but the Queen herself was not a hemophiliac . \u2014 Chanel Vargas, Town & Country , 8 Jan. 2019",
"Queen Victoria was the first in her family to carry hemophilia B, a blood clotting disorder, but the Queen herself was not a hemophiliac . \u2014 Chanel Vargas, Town & Country , 8 Jan. 2019",
"Queen Victoria was the first in her family to carry hemophilia B, a blood clotting disorder, but the Queen herself was not a hemophiliac . \u2014 Chanel Vargas, Town & Country , 8 Jan. 2019",
"Queen Victoria was the first in her family to carry hemophilia B, a blood clotting disorder, but the Queen herself was not a hemophiliac . \u2014 Chanel Vargas, Town & Country , 8 Jan. 2019"
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"\u02cch\u0113m\u0259\u02c8m\u0113b\u0259",
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"\u02cch\u0113mal\u02c8by\u00fcm\u0259\u0307n",
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"International Scientific Vocabulary hem- + albumen":""
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": a curve that is obtained when a stream of blood from an artery strikes against a piece of moving paper and that is indicative of the variations in blood pressure":[]
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": a crystallographic pyramid or inclined prism consisting of only two pairs of parallel faces (as in the monoclinic system)":[]
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"International Scientific Vocabulary hemi- entry 1 + pyramid":""
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": a coarse European herb ( Eupatorium cannabinum ) with reddish flower heads and sessile leaves":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214616"
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": a small wild ass ( Equus hemippus ) of Syria and Iraq":[]
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"New Latin hemippus (specific epithet of Equus hemippus ), from hemi- entry 1 + -ippus (from Greek hippos horse)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-214828"
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": having or relating to a quinonoid arrangement of bonds but only one carbonyl group instead of two":[]
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"hemi- entry 1 + quinonoid or quinoid":""
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"New Latin, from hemat- + -zoon":""
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"definitions":{
": the presence of blood or blood cells in the urine":[]
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"\u02cch\u0113-m\u0259-\u02c8tu\u0307r-\u0113-\u0259",
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Microscopic hematuria is blood in your pee that\u2019s only visible under a microscope. \u2014 Korin Miller, SELF , 19 Sep. 2018"
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"New Latin":""
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"International Scientific Vocabulary hem- + -oid":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232351"
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": brake entry 4 sense 1":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-234811"
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"first_known_use":{
"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-003914"
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": of, relating to, or being marked by hemimetamorphosis":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"hemi- entry 1 + metamorphic or metamorphous":""
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": a genus (coextensive with the family Hemimeridae and the order or suborder Diploglossata) comprising small wingless viviparous African insects parasitic on rodents":[]
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"New Latin, from hemi- entry 1 + -merus (from Greek meros part)":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-010553"
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