n.; pl. Anathemas [ L. anath&ebreve_;ma, fr. Gr. &unr_; anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anathēma, fr. Gr. &unr_; a votive offering; all fr. &unr_; to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to set. See Thesis. ] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [ families ]. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anathema Maranatha ety>(see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, “Our Lord cometh.” [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a cursing; cf. F. anathématisme. ] Anathematization. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. anathematisatio. ] The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anathematized p. pr. & vb. n. Anathematizing. ] [ L. anathematizare, Gr. &unr_; to devote, make accursed: cf. F. anathématiser. ] To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus comprising plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum.
Syn. -- genus Dendranthema. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; a case, box, fr. &unr_; to place. ] (Zoöl.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to redden, fr. 'eryqro`s red. ] (Med.) A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. érythématique. ] (Med.) Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Relating to, or causing, erythema.

‖n.; pl. Exanthemata [ L., fr. Gr.&unr_;, fr.&unr_; to burst forth as flowers, break out, as ulcers; &unr_;, &unr_;, out + 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower: cf. F. exanthème. ] (Med.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.

{ } a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as Haema-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. haemachates; Gr. a"i^ma blood + 'acha`ths agate.] (Min.) A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Haemachrome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. a"i^ma blood.] A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

{ } n. [ Hema- + Gr. &unr_; course + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.

{ } n. (Physiol.) The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; haemotachometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hema- + dynamics. ] (Physiol.) The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hema- + dynamometr. ] (Physiol.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [1913 Webster]

☞ 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. [1913 Webster]

Hemal arch (Anat.), the ventral arch in a segment of the spinal skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Haemaphaein. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Hemapophyses . [ NL. See Haema-, and Apophysis. ] (Anat.) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib. Owen. -- Hem`a*po*phys"i*al a.

{ } a. & n. Same as Hemostatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Haematachometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, blood. ] (Chem.) A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + &unr_; a vomiting, fr. &unr_; to vomit. ] (Med.) A vomiting of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. a"i^ma blood + &unr_; warm.] (Zool.) A warm-blooded animal. [R.] [1913 Webster]

a. (Zool.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [ R ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A medicine designed to improve the condition of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Haematic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood. ] 1. Hematoxylin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol. Chem.) A bluish black, amorphous substance containing iron and obtained from blood. It exists the red blood corpuscles united with globulin, and the form of hemoglobin or oxyhemoglobin gives to the blood its red color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Hematin. ] (Med.) Any substance, such as an iron salt or organic compound containing iron, which when ingested tends to increase the hemoglobin contents of the blood. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Hematin + -meter. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A form of hemoglobinometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Relating to the measurement of the amount of hematin or hemoglobin contained in blood, or other fluids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood. ] A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. haematites, Gr. &unr_; bloodlike, fr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood. ] (Min.) An important ore of iron, the sesquioxide, so called because of the red color of the powder. It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; -- the last called red ocher. Called also specular iron, oligist iron, rhombohedral iron ore, and bloodstone. See Brown hematite, under Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Haema-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemato- + Gr. &unr_; tumor: cf. F. hématocèle. ] (Med.) A tumor filled with blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + kry`os cold. ] (Zool.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemato + crystalline. ] (Physiol.) See Hemoglobin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hemato- + -oid. ] (Physiol.) Resembling blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called haemolutein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemato- + -logy. ] The science which treats of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The lysis of erythrocytes in the blood with the release of hemoglobin.
Syn. -- hemolysis, haemolysis, haematolysis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. See Hema-, and -oma. ] (Med.) A localised leakage of blood from the blood vessels into nearby tissues, usually confined within a tissue or organ; especially, a local swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin, which may clot and discolor the affected area. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love. ] (Med.) Same as hemophilia; -- an obsolete term. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]