haemato-

See also: hæmato-

English

Alternative forms

• hæmat-
• haemat-
• hæmato-
• hemat-
• hemato-

Etymology

Representing the combining form of Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːmətəʊ/

Prefix

haemato-

1. 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

Synonyms

• haem-
• hæm-
• haemo-
• hæmo-
• hem-
• hemo-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with haemato-

Translations

Translations

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• Polish: hemato-, hemo- (pl)