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HEM'I, in composition, from Gr. which signifies half, like demi and semi.
HEM'ICRANY, n. [Gr. half and the skull.] A pain that affects only one side of th...
HEM'ICYCLE, n. [Gr.] A half circle; more generally called a semicircle.
HEMID'ITONE, n. In Greek music, the lesser third.
HEM'INA, n. [L.] In Roman antiquity, a measure containing half a sextary, and ac...
HEM'IPLEGY, n. [Gr. half, and a stroke, to strike.] A palsy that affects one hal...
HEMIP'TER HEMIP'TERA, n. [Gr. half, and a wing.] The hemipters form an order of ...
HEMIP'TERAL, a. Having the upper wings half crustaceous and half membranaceous.
HEM'ISPHERE, n. [Gr.] A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided...
HEMISPHER'IC'ICAL, a. Containing half a sphere or globe; as a hemispheric figure...
HEM'ISTICH, n. [Gr.] Half a poetic verse, or a verse not completed.
HEMIS'TICHAL, a. Pertaining to a hemistich; denoting a division of the verse.
HEM'ITONE, n. [Gr.] A half tone in music; now called a semitone.
HEM'ITROPE, a. [Gr. half, and to turn.] Half-turned; a hemitrope crystal is one ...
HEM'LOCK, n. 1. A plant of the genus Conium, whose leaves and root are poisonous...
HEMOP'TOE, a. [Gr. blood, and a spitting.] A spitting of blood.