hem-, haem-, hemo-, haemo, hema-, haema-, hemato-, haemato-, hemat-, haemat-, -hemia, -haemia, -hemic, -haemic

(Greek: blood)


histohematogenous
1. Developed from blood and some tissue type.
2. Formed from both the tissues and the blood.
ichthyohemotoxin
A poison found in the blood of certain fish.
ichthyohemotoxism
Intoxication caused by the ingestion of ichthyohemotoxin, characterized by gastrointestinal and neurological disturbances.
ischemia, ischaemia
1. An inadequate supply of blood to a part of the body, caused by partial or total blockage of an artery.
2. A low oxygen state usually resulting from an obstruction of the arterial blood supply or inadequate blood flow leading to hypoxia in the tissue.
3. Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction, thrombosis, or embolism.
keratohemia
leucocythemia, leukemia, leukemic, leukaemia, leukaemic
A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is an enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia.
lipohemarthrosis
The presence of fat-containing blood in a joint, with intra-articular fracture.
oligocythemia, oligocythaemia (primarily British)
Deficiency in the total number of red blood cells present in the body.
oligocythemia, oligocythaemia
1. Deficiency in the total number of red blood cells present in the body.
2. Deficiency of the cellular elements of the blood.
oligocythemic, oligocythaemic (chiefly British)
A reference to, or characteristic of, deficiency in the total number of red blood cells present in the body.
oxyhemoglobin
A familiar protein is the one in red blood corpuscles that combines with oxygen in the lungs and carries it to the cells of the tissues, where it gives it up again. When it combines with oxygen, it becomes oxyhemoglobin.
oxyhemoglobinometer
An apparatus for measurement of the amount of oxygen in the blood.
pachemia
pachyhemia
pelophobia
An abnormal fear of being personally dirty or of having one's car, or other objects, being filthy with mud.

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving "blood" word units: angi-; apheresis; -emia; hemoglobin-; phleb-; sangui-; vas-; vascul-.


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