hysterocele

[Pref. hystero-, and Gr. kēlē =a tumor.] Surg.: A tumor or hernia of the womb. hys'-ter-6id, a . [Eng., ., hysteria , and Greek eidos resemblance.J Resembling hysteria; as a hysteroid disease. ( Dunglison .) hys-ter-ol-o-gỹ, s. [Greek hysterologia, from hysteros last, and logos à word. The same as HYSTERON PROTERON (q. v.). hys-ter-on prot'-er-on, s. [Gr. hysteron, neut. of hysteros last, and proteron, neut. of proteros = before others.] IMG:content-1423.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1424.jpg:[blocks in formation] A hysteron proteron 's this, which Nature cro es." Beaumont: Psyche, c. 1., s. 85. hys-těr-o-phyte, s. [Pref. hystero-, and Greek phyton a plant.] Bot.: A plant growing on dead or living matter; as a fungal. hys-těr-o-tome, s. [Pref. hystero-, and Greek tome a cutting.) An instrument for cutting into the womb. hys-ter-ot-o-mỹ, s . [HYSTEROTOME.] Surg.: The Cæsarean operation (q. v.). hys-triç'-i-dæ, s. pl . [Latin hystrix , gen it. hystric ( is ); fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Zool .: A family of Rodent i a having the body covered by quills; i. e., long spines mingled with bristly hairs. There are four molars on each side in each jaw; the clavicles are imperfect. hys-trix, s . [Lat. Gr. hystrix a hedgehog.] 1. Zool .: The typical genus of the family Hystrici. dæ (q. v.). Tail not prehensile. Hystrix cristata is the Common Porcupine. [PORCUPINE.] 2. Palæont .: The genus is found in the Upper and America. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia I THE ninth letter, and the third vowel in the English alphabet. It has two principal sounds: (1) a long sound, as in bind , find , and in all words of one syllable ending in e , as in fine, wine, .; (2) a short sound, as in fin , bill , fill , . Besides these it has also three minor sounds: (1) as in dirk , first, .; (2) the French sound, as in intrigue , machine, .; and (3) the consonantal sound of y. when followed by a vowel, as in Christian , million , . I is uttered with a le opening of the mouth thane, the tongue being brought back to the palate, and striking the teeth next the cheek plate. With a and e, i makes several digraphs, as in wail , neigh , field , seize, friend; with o it forms a proper diph thong, as in oil . A, i, and u are by philologists called the primitive vowels, and from them all the various vowel sounds in the Aryan language have been developed. As a prefix, i was used in Middle English to represent the A. S. ge , as in iwis = gewi . No true English word ends in i , its place as a final vowel being taken by y. I andj were formerly regarded as one character, and in dictionaries up to a comparatively modern date words beginning with these letters were cla ed together. Î, *Ic *Ich, *Ik, *Uch (po es. *mi, my, mine, dat. & obj. me , pl. nom. we , po es, our , ours , dat. & obj. us), pron. [A. S. ic ; cogn. with Dut. ik ; Icel. ek ; Dan, jeg ; Sw. jag ; Goth. ik ; O. H. Ger. ih; Ger. ich ; Lat. ego ; Gr. egō ; Sansc. aham ; Wel. i ; Run.ia.] 1. The nominative case of the first personal pronoun of the singular number; that pronoun by which a speaker or writer denotes himself. 2. ( As a noun ) In metaphys . The conscious think ing subject; the ego. [EGO.] *I, exclam . [AYE.] I-ăc-chus, s . [BACCHUS.] 1. Zool .: A genus of Catarrhine monkeys occur ring in South America. 2. Palæont .: Found fo il in Tertiary or Post Tertiary deposits in South America. *I-amb, s. [Lat. iambus .] An iambus or iambic. "Far be it from us to decide which of these so-called feet the grammarians considered to be iambs ."- Saturday Review , Feb. 23, 1883, p. 248.