HÆMAL
\hˈamə͡l], \hˈaməl], \h_ˈa_m_əl]\
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HEMAL, h[=e]'mal, adj. relating to the blood or blood-vessels: ventral, the opposite of Neural.--n. HÆ'MACHROME, the colouring matter of the blood.--adj. HÆ'MATOID, resembling blood.--HÆMAL ARCH, the position of a vertebra enclosing and protecting the heart and other viscera; HÆMAL CAVITY, the thoracic-abdominal cavity, containing the heart, &c. [Gr. haima, blood.]
By Thomas Davidson