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||Hys"te*ron prot"e*ron (?). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the latter, following + ||&?; before, others, sooner.] (Rhet.) (a) A figure in which the ||natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque ||vivit, "he is well and lives." (b) An inversion of logical order, in ||which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved ||before the evidence.

Hys*ter"o*phyte (?), n. [Gr. &?; following + &?; plant.] (Bot.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter. -- Hys`ter*oph"y*tal (#), a.

Hys`ter*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. "yste`ra womb + &?; to cut: cf. F. hystÈrotomie.] (Med.) The CÊsarean section. See under CÊsarean.

Hys"tri*cine (?), a. [See Hystrix.] (Zoˆl.) Like or pertaining to the porcupines.

Hys`tri*co*mor"phous (?), a. [Hystrix + Gr. &?; form.] (Zoˆl.) Like, or allied to, the porcupines; -- said of a group (Hystricomorpha) of rodents.

Hys"trix (?), n. [Gr. &?; porcupine.] (Zoˆl.) A genus of rodents, including the porcupine.

Hythe (?), n. A small haven. See Hithe. [Obs.]