Hemal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hemal \He"mal\, a. [Gr. a"i^ma blood.]
     Relating to the blood or blood vessels; pertaining to,
     situated in the region of, or on the side with, the heart and
     great blood vessels; -- opposed to neural.
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     Note: As applied to vertebrates, hemal is the same as
           ventral, the heart and great blood vessels being on the
           ventral, and the central nervous system on the dorsal,
           side of the vertebral column.
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     {Hemal arch} (Anat.), the ventral arch in a segment of the
        spinal skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hemal
       adj : relating to the blood vessels or blood [syn: {haemal}, {hematal},
              {haematal}]