haemalhemaladj.
/ˈhiːməl/ Anatomy.
Of or belonging to the blood or blood-vascular system; belonging to or situated on or towards that side or region of the body which contains the heart and great blood vessels: opposed to neural; in the case of the Vertebrata and Tunicata, synonymous with ventral. haemal arch, term used by Owen for the inferior arch of a typical vertebra. haemal cavity, the cavity formed by a series of hæmal arches (constituted by the ribs, costal cartilages, and breast-bone), and containing the heart, great blood vessels, and respiratory and digestive organs. haemal spine, the ventral element of a hæmal arch, represented by a segment of the breast-bone; also (quot. 1868) used by Darwin for a hypapophysis, or process on the hæmal side of the body of a vertebra.
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rightOE
lefta1200
lowera1400
furtherc1400
lateral?a1425
sinistera1500
upper1528
anterior?1541
inferior1563
superior1566
oblique1578
high1588
ascendant1611
prone1646
peripherial1653
internal1657
supine1661
peripherical1690
gawk1703
ascending1713
adducent1722
submental1722
adductory1752
subdorsal1783
syntropic18..
atlantal1803
mesiad1803
mesial1803
proximal1803
sternal1803
distal1808
peripheral1808
peripheric1818
ventripetal1819
submedial1825
anteriormostc1826
subvertebral1827
afferent1828
sinistral1828
rostral1834
interganglionic1835
submedian1836
mesian1837
haemal1839
supravaginal1844
neural1846
symmetrical1851
suprameatal1853
paraxial1861
posterial1866
hypaxial1873
postaxial1873
preaxial1873
transmedial1876
transmedian1876
mediad1878
horizontal1881
mesal1881
prosomatic1882
dextrad1883
paramedian1890
prorsal1890
ventro-dorsal1895
midsagittal1898
ventro-axial1902
ventro-posterior1903
ipsilateral1907
parasagittal1907
ventromedial1908
homolateral1910
suprasellar1912
supratemporal1975
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bloodyeOE
sanguine1447
blood-likea1500
bloodish1530
crimson1560
sanguineous1646
sanguiferous1682
sanguinary1684
sanguinous1833
haemal1839
haematoid1840
haematic1854
haematogenic1876
haematogenous1880
haematal1886
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 1011/2 Near the entry of the hæmal canal.
1848 R. Owen On Archetype & Homologies Vertebr. Skeleton 99 The pleurapophyses defend the hæmal or visceral cavity.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 168 The hæmal arch is formed by a pair of bones called ‘pleurapophyses’..by a second pair, called ‘hæmapophyses’..and by a bone, sometimes bifid, called the ‘hæmal spine’.
1861 J. R. Greene Man. Animal Kingdom II. 17 In the Cœlenterata..no distinction between neural and hæmal regions can be noticed.
1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. iv. 122 In a half-wild rabbit..a hæmal spine was moderately well developed on the under side of the twelfth dorsal vertebra.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 217 The close association of the hæmal system and the nerve-tracts.
1891 A. Clarkson in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 183 Hæmal Glands..Certain hitherto undescribed glands which are to be found accompanying the renal artery in some herbivora.
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