hem/o, hemat/o

• hemangiomahem·angi·oma

  1. Roothem/oblood
  2. +Rootangi/ovessel (blood or lymph)
  3. +Suffix-omatumor, swelling

  a usually benign growth made of blood vessels, often a raised red or purple patch of skin · UK spelling: haemangioma

• hematologyhemato·logy

  1. Roothem/oblood
  2. +Suffix-logystudy of

  the branch of medicine that deals with the blood and the organs that make it · UK spelling: haematology

• hematomahemat·oma

  1. Roothem/oblood
  2. +Suffix-omatumor, swelling

  a collection of mostly clotted blood in a tissue, organ or body space, from a broken blood vessel · UK spelling: haematoma

• hemorrhagehemo·rrhage

  1. Roothem/oblood
  2. +Suffix-rrhageexcessive bleeding or flow

  heavy bleeding: a large escape of blood from the blood vessels · UK spelling: haemorrhage · In the dictionary

• hemolysishemo·lysis

  1. Roothem/oblood
  2. +Suffix-lysisbreakdown, destruction, separation

  the breaking apart of red blood cells, which releases their hemoglobin · UK spelling: haemolysis

• hematuriahemat·uria

  1. Roothem/oblood
  2. +Suffix-uriaurine, urination

  blood in the urine, either visible or seen only under a microscope · UK spelling: haematuria

• hemostasishemo·stasis

  1. Roothem/oblood
  2. +Suffix-stasisstopping, standstill, control

  the body's process of stopping bleeding after an injury · UK spelling: haemostasis · In the dictionary

• hemothoraxhemo·thorax

  1. Roothem/oblood
  2. +Rootthorac/ochest, thorax

  blood collected in the pleural space between the lung and the chest wall · UK spelling: haemothorax

Terms in our life science dictionary that list hem/o among their word parts.

• Hematopoietic stem cell
• Hemoglobin

Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:

• HEM- Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
• Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
• 10.2 Word Components Related to Blood – Medical Terminology – 2e

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