Category: H
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Husband artificial insemination
Use of a husband’s sperm to artificially inseminate his wife. A technique for facilitating conception where the husband’s sperm is artificially injected into the wife’s uterus.
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Homologous artificial insemination
Artificial insemination in which the semen is obtained from the husband or partner.
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Heterologous artificial insemination
Artificial insemination in which the semen is obtained from a donor other than the husband or partner.
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Hologynic inheritance
Transmission of traits from mothers only to daughters.
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Holandric inheritance
Inherited traits carried only by men; thus, the operative gene is on the Y chromosome.
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Health care informatics
The study of how health care data, information, knowledge, and wisdom are collected, stored, processed, communicated, and used to support the process of health care delivery to clients, providers, administrators, and organizations involved in health care delivery. It is an interdisciplinary science developed from the integration of information science, computer science, cognitive science, and the…
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Hyperplastic inflammation
Inflammation characterized by excess production of young fibrous tissue.
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Hypodermic implantation
The introduction of an implant under the skin; usually a solid substance placed by forcing a small amount out of a hypodermic needle.
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Homogeneous immersion
Immersion in which the stratum of air between objective and cover glass is replaced by a medium that deflects as little as possible the rays of light passing through the cover glass.
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Heat illness
A general term used to describe the harmful effects on the human body of being exposed to high temperature and/or humidity.