hem-, haem-, hemo-, haemo, hema-, haema-, hemato-, haemato-, hemat-, haemat-, -hemia, -haemia, -hemic, -haemic
(Greek: blood)
hemorrhoidal
hemorrhoidectomy
hemorrhoids
hemosepsis
A bacterial infection in the bloodstream.
hemostasis
hemostat
hemotachogram
The record produced by a hemotachrometer (an apparatus used to measure the velocity of the blood).
hemotachometer
An instrument that measures the speed of blood flow.
hemotachometry
The measurement of the speed of blood flow.
hemotachy
Speed of the flow of blood.
hemotherapy, hemotherapeutics, hematherapy
The treatment of a disease with the administration of blood or blood products, such as blood plasma.
hemotoxin
hemotroph, hemotrophe, hemotrophy
The nutritive materials supplied to the embryos of placental mammals through the maternal bloodstream.
hemotropic, hematotropic
Pertaining to the mechanism by which a substance in or on blood cells, especially the erythrocytes, attracts phagocytic cells; the latter change direction and migrate toward the hemotropic cells.
histohematin
A hemoglobin pigment in various tissues.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving "blood" word units:
angi-;
apheresis;
-emia;
hemoglobin-;
phleb-;
sangui-;
vas-;
vascul-.
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