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hydremia
  • n  blood disorder in which there is excess fluid volume compared with the cell volume of the blood
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hydnoraceae
  • n  a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants
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hydra
  • n  (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones
  • n  a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
  • n  trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality
    we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution
  • n  small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
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hydralazine
  • n  an antihypertensive drug (trade name Apresoline) that dilates blood vessels; used (often with a diuretic) to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure
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hydramnios
  • n  an abnormality of pregnancy; accumulation of excess amniotic fluid
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hydrangea
  • n  any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea
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hydrangea anomala
  • n  deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads
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hydrangea arborescens
  • n  deciduous shrub with creamy white flower clusters; eastern United States
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hydrangea family
  • n  sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae
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hydrangea macrophylla hortensis
  • n  deciduous shrub bearing roundheaded flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue
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hydrangea paniculata
  • n  deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters
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hydrangea petiolaris
  • n  deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads
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hydrangeaceae
  • n  sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae
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hydrant
  • n  a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask
  • n  a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks
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hydrargyrum
  • n  a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
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