holism.noun
the fact that living matter or reality is made up of organic or unified wholes that are greater than the simple sum of their parts (takes into consideration the effect the mind has on the entire system in maintaining or gaining the body's health); a holistic investigation or system of treatment
holist.noun

holistic.adjective
of or relating to holism; emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts; concerned with wholes rather than analysis or separation into parts (holistic medicine; holistic ecology
holistically.adverb

habitat.noun
the area or type of environment in which an organism or ecological community normally lives or occurs (a marine habitat); the place in which a person or thing is most likely to be found; habitable

hydrochloric acid.noun
a clear, colorless, fuming, poisonous, highly acidic aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride, HCL, used as a chemical intermediate and in petroleum production, ore reduction, food processing, pickling, and metal cleaning. It is found in the stomach in dilute form.

heterotroph.noun
an organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition
heterotrophic.adjective
heterotrophically.adverb
heterotrophy.noun

hydroxyl.noun
the univalent-radical or group OH, a characteristic component of bases, certain acids, phenols, alcohols, carboxylic and sulfonic acids, and amphoteric compounds
hydroxylic.adjective

havoc.noun
widespread destruction; devastation; disorder or chaos (a wild party that created havoc in the house)
as.transitive verbs-havoc, havocked, havocking, havocs
to destroy or pillage

hemoglobin.noun
the iron containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates, consisting of about 6 percent heme (the deep red, nonprotein, ferrous (iron} component of hemoglobin) and 94 percent globin (the protein that is a constituent of hemoglobin); compare myoglobin

howbeit.adverb
be that as it may; nevertheless

halogen.noun
any of a group of five chemically related nonmetallic elements including fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine and astatine
halogenous.adjective

halocarbon.noun
a compound, such as a fluorocarbon, that consists of carbon and one or more halogens

halon.noun
any of several halocarbons used as fire extinguishing agents

hemorrhoid.noun
an itching or painful mass of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue

heresy.noun; plural-heresies
an opinion or a doctrine at variance with established religious beliefs; a controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science; adherence to such dissenting opinion or doctrine

heretic.noun
a person who holds controversial opinions who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of a church
heretic.adjective

heretical.adjective
of or relating to heresy or heretics; characterized by, revealing, or approaching departure from established beliefs or standards heretically.adverb
hereticalness.noun

harbinger.noun
one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come; a forerunner
harbinger, harbingered, harbingering, harbingers.transitive verbs
to signal the approach of; presage

heir.noun
a person who inherits or is entitled by terms of a will to inherit the estate of another; a person who succeeds or is in line to succeed to a hereditary rank, title, or office

Hippocrates.is alled 'the Father of Medicine' 460?-377? B.C.
Greek physician who laid the foundations of scientific medicine by freeing medical study from the constraints of philosophical speculation and superstition, he challenged the notion that disease was punishment sent from the gods, discovered the connection between human disease and poor environmental conditions; his ability to make accurate clinical observations led him to the concept of preventative medicine; he is traditionally but inaccurately considered the author of the Hippocratic oath, an oath of ethical professional behavior sworn by new physicians; among the more significant works of the Hippocratic Collection is Airs, Waters, and Places, 5th century BC, which, instead of ascribing diseases to divine origin, discusses their environmental causes; the idea of preventive medicine, first conceived in Regimen and Regimen in Acute Diseases, stresses not only diet but also the patient's general way of living and how it influences his or her health and convalescence
Hippocratic.adjective
Hippocratic oath
in its original form, the so-called Hippocratic oath prohibited participation in surgery or abortions; many of today's medical schools impose a revised and modernized version of the oath as an admonition and an affirmation to which their graduating classes assent;
   one version, approved by the American Medical Association, is as follows: You do solemnly swear, each by whatever he or she holds most sacred that you will be loyal to the Profession of Medicine.(loyal to the association controlling the profession - what about the patient coming first? it's the old story of 'sewing it all up for the self first', still the same today).and just and generous to its members; that you will lead your lives and practice your art in uprightness and honor.(like what happened?); that into whatsoever house you shall enter.(they used to come to you; it was unthinkable that a sick person would have to trapse through society from the comfort of his or her bed to get to see a doctor after a wait around other sick people in a doctor's office), it shall be for the good of the sick to the utmost of your power.(today it's to the utmost of drug knowledge possessed), your holding yourselves far aloof from wrong, from corruption.(and so we see a reason for the medical associations - to protect themselves from their errors), from the tempting of others to vice, that you will exercise your art solely for the cure of your patients.(few today are cured, only symptons relieved and so the sickness returns and/or gets worse), and will give no drug, perform no operation, for a criminal purpose.(is it not 'criminal that the medical system kills more people annually than die in vehicle accidents?), even if solicited, far less suggest it that whatsoever you shall see or hear of the lives of men or women which is not fitting to be spoken, you will keep inviolably secret.(secrets are betrayed daily in reports sent to authoritative bodies); these things do you swear; let each bow the head in sign of acquiescence; and now, if you will be true to this, your oath, may prosperity and good repute be ever yours; the opposite, if you shall prove yourselves forsworn....comprised from Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.