Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HEMAL
He "mal, a. Etym: [Gr. a "i ^ma blood. ]
Defn: 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.
Note: 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. Hemal arch (Anat. ), the ventral arch in a segment of the spinal skeleton, formed by vertebral processes or ribs.
New American Oxford Dictionary
hemal
he mal |ˈhēməl ˈhiməl |(Brit. haemal ) ▶adjective Physiology of or concerning the blood. • Zoology situated on the same side of the body as the heart and major blood vessels (i.e., in chordates, ventral ). ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek haima ‘blood ’ + -al .
Spanish Dictionary
hemal
hemal adjetivo biol De la sangre o relacionado con ella . VÉASE arco hemal .
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