(how'ship‵ )

Brit. anatomist, 1781–1841.

H.'s lacuna One of several small pits, grooves, or depressions found where bone is resorbed by osteoclasts.

SEE: osteoclast.

H.'s symptom Paresthesia or pain on the medial aspect of the thigh secondary to pressure on the obturator nerve by an obturator hernia. SYN: Howship-Romberg sign.