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HAM (medicine)


ham


1. <anatomy> The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking. "A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak ham." (Shak)

Origin: AS. Ham; akin to D. Ham, dial. G. Hamme, OHG. Hamma. Perh. Named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E. Chamber. Cf. Gammon ham.

Source: Websters Dictionary


haemoconia (medicine)


haemoconia
Small refractive particles in the circulating blood, probably lipid material associated with fragmented stroma from red blood cells.

Synonym: blood dust, blood motes, dust corpuscles.

Origin: haemo-+ G. Konis, dust