(hīd'ĕn-hīn‵ )

Ger. physiologist and histologist, 1834–1897.

H. demilunes Crescents of Giannuzzi.

H. pouch A small, surgically constructed pouch of the stomach that is denervated and separated from the stomach and drained to the outside of the body. It is used to study the physiology of the stomach.