haemato- or (before a vowel) haemat-
combining form
indicating blood
⇒
haematolysisAlso: haemo-, US. hemato-, US. hemat-
Origin
from Greek haima, haimat- bloodhaemato-
Chiefly British.
1
variant of hemato-:
haematocyst.
haemato-a prefix equivalent to haemo-, as in haematogenesis.
Also, hemato-.
haemato-
⇨ see haemat-
⇨ see haemat-
haemato-
（〈美〉hemato- /ˈhem-/）
combining form
- of or relating to the blood表示“（与）血（有关）的”：
-
haematoma.
词源
from Greek haima, haimat- 'blood'.
ORIGIN: from Greek haima , haimat- blood: see -o-
haemato-
I.
see haemat-
II.combining form
see hemat-
I.
see haemat-
II.
see hemat-
haemato-hæmato- hemato-
Prefix
- Forming compound words having the sense of ‘blood’. 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 801: [compare -phage]
- Back in the late ’90s, when vampirism became fashionable owing to the international popularity of the novel Dracula [...] A subcircuit of the Buda-Pesth telephone exchange had apparently been reserved for the use of hæmatophages, as they were then known
Etymology
Representing the combining form of Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with haemato-