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Habituation
- noun - a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Hadean Aeon
- noun - the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life
Haemacyanin
- - A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.
Haemaphaein
- - A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.
Haematoidin
- noun - an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice
Haematozoon
- - A parasite inhabiting the blood; esp.: (a) Certain species of nematodes of the genus Filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc. (b) The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.
Haemoglobin
- noun - a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"
Half Nelson
- noun - a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent''s arm and exerts press on the back of the neck
- a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck