Hardening

( hard’- en - ing ) [ AS., heard, hard]. A stage in the preparation of ti ues for microscopic examination, in which they are rendered firm, so that they may, after embedding, be readily cut. Harelip-suture. A figure-of-8 suture about a pin thrust through the lips of the freshened edges of the cleft. Harmony A form of[har’ ’ -mo-ne) between articulation \apjj,ovia, two harmony]. bones that are closely and immovably apposed. 304