hem-, haem-, hemo-, haemo, hema-, haema-, hemato-, haemato-, hemat-, haemat-, -hemia, -haemia, -hemic, -haemic
(Greek: blood)
photochemotherapy
The treatment of cancer by intravenous injection of a photosensitizing agent; such as, hematoporphyrin, followed by exposure to visible light of superficial tumors or deep tumors by a fiberotic probe.
physohematometra
The presence of gas and blood within the uterus.
pneumohemothorax
polychemotherapy
The use of several chemotherapeutic agents in a treatment schedule.
polycythemia
1. A disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood.
2. Too many red blood cells which is the opposite of anemia.
Polycythemia formally exists when the hemoglobin, red blood cell count, and the total volume are all above normal.
proschemotaxis
Positive chemotaxis.
pseudohemophilia
topochemotaxis
Directed movement or orientation of a motile organism towards the source of a chemical stimulus.
verdohemochrome
verdohemoglobin
A protein which is formed from the breakdown of hemoglobin (a protein that carries oxygen in the blood) and is a precursor to the bile pigment biliverdin (a green pigment found in bile which is formed during haem catabolism).
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving "blood" word units:
angi-;
apheresis;
-emia;
hemoglobin-;
phleb-;
sangui-;
vas-;
vascul-.
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