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Hinge teeth

Hinge teeth are interlocking projections on a bivalve mollusc's hinge plate that align the two shell valves. Types include taxodont, heterodont, isodont, and dysodont; key for bivalve classification and fossil identification.

Hingu sodhana

Hingu sodhana is the Ayurvedic purification of asafoetida (hingu, Ferula resin), done by frying in ghee per Rasatarangini; studies show reduced ash, moisture, and extractives after processing.

Hingula ghrta

Hingula ghrta: Ayurvedic preparations pairing purified cinnabar (Hingula, HgS, Sadharana Rasa) with medicated ghee (Ghrita), used as vehicle, processing medium, topical base, and part of the classical toxicity regimen.

Hingula sodhana

Hingula sodhana is the Ayurvedic purification (Shodhana) of cinnabar (Hingula, HgS), a Sadharana Rasa of Rasashastra, done by seven bhavanas with juices like ginger juice to detoxify the mercury-rich mineral before medicinal use or Parada extraction.

Hingulesvara Rasa

Hingulesvara Rasa (Hinguleshwara Rasa, Hinguleshwar Ras), a classical Ayurvedic herbo-mineral khalveya formulation of purified cinnabar, purified Aconitum ferox, and Pippali in equal parts, indicated for vataja jwara fever and Amavata.

Hingutriguna taila

Hingutriguna taila (hingutriguna tailam), a classical Ayurvedic medicated oil from Ashtanga Hridaya gulma chikitsa 14/39, made of hingu, saindhava, eranda taila, and rasona swarasa in a 1:3:9:27 ratio, used internally for gulma, udara, and shoola.

Hinguvacadi Cirna (hinguvacadi curna)

Hinguvacadi cirna (हिङ्गुवचादि चूर्णम्), commonly written Hinguvachadi churna, is a classical Ayurvedic powder built on asafoetida and sweet flag to treat weak digestion, colic, and bloating.

Hinguvacadi Curna (hingvadi curna)

Hinguvacadi curna (Hinguvachadi churna, Hinguvadi churna), classical Ayurvedic herbomineral powder of asafoetida, vacha, and 22 other ingredients, used for flatulence, pain, and anaemia; standardized with piperine as marker compound.

Hingvadi Curna

Hingvadi Cirna (Hinguvacādi Cūrṇa, Hingvadi Churna) is a classical Ayurvedic asafoetida-based powder from the Yogaratnakara and Ayurvedic Formulary of India, with about 24 ingredients, dosed 2–4 g for flatulence, pain, and anaemia.

Hingvadi Taila

Hingvadi Taila (हिंग्वादि तैल) is an Ayurvedic medicated mustard oil with purified asafoetida, Tumburu, and ginger, listed in AFI 2:159 for earache (Karnasula), used as 5-10 ear drops (Karnapurana).

Hingvastaka Curna

Hingvastaka Churna (Hiṅgvaṣṭaka Cūrṇa), also spelled Hingwashtak Churna, is a classical Ayurvedic eight-ingredient digestive powder built on asafoetida (hingu) with Trikatu spices, cumin, caraway, ajamoda, and rock salt in equal parts, used for Agnimandya, flatulence, and colic, dosed 1–2 g per the Ayurvedic Formulary of India.

Oct 22, 2026

Hinilawod

Hinilawod is an epic chant of the Sulod (Panay Bukidnon) people of central Panay in the Philippines, meaning "Tales of the Halawod River," running over 28,000 verses and about three days of continuous recitation.

Hinkelien Schreuder

Hinkelien Schreuder, Dutch swimmer born 1984 in Goor, Olympic 4x100 m freestyle relay gold (Beijing 2008) and silver (London 2012), short course 100 m medley world record holder 57.74, later chair of the Dutch Dopingautoriteit.

Hinkley groundwater contamination

Hinkley groundwater contamination is a plume of hexavalent chromium beneath Hinkley, California, caused by PG&E discharging cooling tower wastewater into unlined ponds from 1952 to 1972.

Hinkley Point A nuclear power station

Hinkley Point A is a decommissioned twin-reactor Magnox nuclear power station on the Bristol Channel coast at Hinkley Point, Somerset, England, which ran from 1965 to 2000.

Hinkley Point C nuclear power station

Hinkley Point C, also known as Hinkley C, is a nuclear power station under construction on the Somerset coast, the first new UK nuclear plant in a generation.

Hinkley, California

Hinkley, CA, is an unincorporated Mojave Desert community in San Bernardino County, California, west of Barstow, founded in 1881 and known for the PG&E chromium contamination case.

Hinman syndrome

Hinman syndrome, or non-neurogenic neurogenic bladder (Hinman–Allen syndrome), is a pediatric voiding dysfunction of neuropsychological origin mimicking neurogenic bladder without neurologic deficits, first described by Hinman in 1973, treatable with retraining and medication.

Hinny

Hinny: the sterile horse-donkey hybrid from a stallion and a jenny, reciprocal to the mule; 63 chromosomes, rarer than mules, horse-like head, donkey-like temperature and temperament.

Hino 500

The Hino 500 Series, sold in Japan as the Hino Ranger, is a line of medium-duty trucks made by Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, sold across Asia, Australia, and other export markets.

Sep 24, 2026

Hino Ashihei

Hino Ashihei (火野葦平), real name Tamai Katsunori, was a Japanese novelist from Fukuoka who won the 1937 Akutagawa Prize at the front and was purged after the war.

Hino Motors (日野自動車)

Hino Motors (日野自動車) is a Japanese manufacturer of trucks and buses founded in 1942, a Toyota subsidiary from 2001 until its 2026 integration with Mitsubishi Fuso under ARCHION.

Sep 24, 2026

Hino Tomiko

Hino Tomiko (日野富子) was the official consort of shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa and mother of the ninth shogun Yoshihisa; her succession dispute helped spark the Ōnin War.

Hino, Tokyo

Hino (日野市, Hino-shi) is a city in Tokyo's Tama region, 27.55 km², population about 189,000, on the Tama and Asakawa rivers; known for Hino-juku Honjin, Takahata Fudo Temple, Shinsengumi ties, and Hino Motors' head office.

Hinode

Hinode (ひので, Japanese for "Sunrise"), known before launch as Solar-B, is a Japanese solar-observing satellite launched by JAXA in 2006 to study the Sun's magnetic field.

Hinokitiol

Hinokitiol (β-thujaplicin, 桧木醇) is a naturally occurring tropolone found in cypress wood, isolated by Tetsuo Nozoe in 1936 and known for chelating iron, copper, and zinc.

Hinotori (surgical robot)

Hinotori is a robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery system developed by Medicaroid of Kobe, Japan, and the first domestically developed surgical robot approved for clinical use in Japan.

Hinova

Hinova (Castrul roman de la Hinova) is a late Roman quadriburgium fort on the left bank of the Lower Danube, Mehedinți County, Romania, built late 3rd–early 4th century CE, garrisoned by legio V Macedonica, destroyed by Goths in 378–379 and by Huns in the 5th century, site of a 9,639-piece gold treasure.