hyalomere |
The clear periphery of a blood platelet. Origin: hyalo-+ G. Meros, part (05 Mar 2000) |
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Hyalomma |
An Old World genus (about 21 species) of large ixodid ticks with submarginal eyes, coalesced festoons, an ornate scutum, and a long rostrum. Adults parasitise all domestic animals and a wide variety of wild animals; larvae or nymphs may parasitise small mammals, birds, and reptiles. Species harbor a great variety of pathogens of humans and animals, and also cause considerable mechanical injury. Origin: hyalo-+ G. Omma, eye (05 Mar 2000) |
Hyalomma anatolicum |
Former name for Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum. (05 Mar 2000) |
Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum |
A subspecies infesting cattle, camels and horses in Asia, the Near and Middle East, southeastern Europe, and North Africa; it is a vector of bovine tropical theileriosis, of equine babesiosis, and of human Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
Hyalomma marginatum |
A particularly common species of tick carried by birds migrating between Europe and Asia and Africa, and the probable vector of the virus of Crimean haemorrhagic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
Hyalomma truncatum |
A species causing sweating sickness in cattle in Africa. (05 Mar 2000) |
Hyalomma variegatum |
Species of tick that is the vector of the viral agent of lymphocytic choriomeningitis in Ethiopia. (05 Mar 2000) |
hyalonema |
<zoology> A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a colour. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Glass + a thread. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
hyalophagia |
The eating or chewing of glass. Origin: hyalo-+ G. Phago, to eat (05 Mar 2000) |
hyalophane |
<chemical> A species of the feldspar group containing barium. See Feldspar. Origin: Gr. Glass + to appear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
hyalophobia |
<psychology> Morbid fear of glass objects. Synonym: crystallophobia. Origin: hyalo-+ G. Phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
hyaloplasma |
The protoplasmic fluid substance of a cell. Origin: hyalo-+ G. Plasma, thing formed (05 Mar 2000) |
hyaloserositis |
Inflammation of a serous membrane with a fibrinous exudate that eventually becomes hyalinised, resulting in a relatively thick, dense, opaque, glistening, white or gray-white coating; when the process involves the visceral serous membranes of various organs, the grossly apparent condition is sometimes colloquially termed icing liver, sugar-coated spleen, frosted heart, and so on, depending on the site. Origin: hyalo-+ Mod. L. Serosa, serous membrane, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
hyalosis |
Degenerative changes in the vitreous body. Origin: hyalo-+ G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
hyalosome |
An oval or round structure within a cell nucleus that stains faintly but otherwise resembles a nucleolus. Origin: hyalo-+ G. Soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |