Category: H

An oil obtained from the liver of the halibut fish (genus Hippoglossus) that is rich in vitamins A and D. A vitamin A and D-rich oil derived from halibut liver.  

The usual relationship between the teeth of the maxilla and mandible that represents the maximum contact; this varies from individual to individual and is seldom ideal or true centric occlusion.  

Obesity resulting from dysfunction of the hypothalamus, especially the appetite-regulating center.  

The art and science of caring for and nurturing the whole person.  

A nurse who visits patients in their homes to provide skilled nursing services, such as assessment and patient and family teaching.  

A community or visiting nurse whose duty is to give information on hygiene and prevention of disease.  

A number on a calibrated scale indicating the relative hardness as determined by a particular system of testing (e.g., Knoop, Mohs, Rockwell, Vickers hardness tests). A steel ball or diamond point is applied with a known variable load for a determined period of time to produce an indent whose depth or diameter can be measured.…

One of the nuclei occurring in four groups found in the hypothalamus. Hypothalamic nuclei include the dorsomedial, intercalatus, lateral, mamillary (lateral and medial), paraventricular, posterior, supraoptic, tuberal, and ventromedial. The cells of these nuclei secrete oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone. These hormones pass through the efferent fibers of the infundibular stalk to the posterior lobe of…

An elongated mass of gray matter in the medulla oblongata in the floor of the fourth ventricle, giving rise to the motor fibers of the hypoglossal nerve.  

A cell nucleus with half the normal number of chromosomes, as in germ cells (ova and sperm) following the normal reduction divisions in gametogenesis.