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hemal

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[hee-muhl] / ˈhi məl /

adjective

  1. Also of or relating to the blood or blood vessels.

  2. Zoology. noting, pertaining to, or on the side of the body ventral to the spinal axis, containing the heart and principal blood vessels.

Other Word Forms

  • interhemal adjective
  • pseudohemal adjective

Etymology

Origin of hemal

First recorded in 1830–40; hem- + -al 1

Example Sentences

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Can ahau u kaba katun; emciob 178-3noh hemal, 178-4ɔeemal, u kabaob lae.

From The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Interhemal, in-tėr-hē′mal, adj. between the hemal processes or spines.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Emciob noh hemal ɔeemal, faulty orthography for noh emel, ɔeemel, the latter syncopated from ɔeɔemel.

From The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

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