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HYSTER'ICS, n. A disease of women, proceeding from the womb, and characterized b...
HYS'TEROCELE, n. [Gr. the womb, and a tumor.] A species of hernia, caused by a d...
HYSTEROT'OMY, n. [Gr. the uterus, and a cutting.] In surgery, the Cesarean secti...
HYTHE, n. A port. [See Hithe .]
I is the ninth letter,and the third vowel of the English Alphabet. We receive it...
IAM'BIC, n. [L. imabicus;] Pertaining to the iambus, a poetic foot consisting of...
IAM'BICS, n. plu. Verses composed of short and long syllables alternately. Ancie...
IAM'BUS, n. [L. iambus.] In poetry, a foot consisting of two syllables,the first...
IBEX, n. [L.] The wild goat of the genus Capra,which is said to be the stock of ...
IBIS, n. [Gr. and L.] A fowl of the genus Tantalus,and grallic order, a native o...
OL'IGIST,'IC, a. [Gr. least.] Oligist iron, so called, is a crystallized tritoxy...
ICA'RIAN, a. [from Icarus, the son of Daedalus, who fled on wings to escape the ...
ICE, n. 1. Water or other fluid congealed, or in a solid state; a solid, transpa...
ICEBERG, n. [ice and a hill.] A hill or mountain of ice, or a vast body of ice a...
ICEBLINK, n. A name given by seamen to a bright appearance near the horizon, occ...
ICEBOAT, n. A boat constructed for moving on ice.