hematology

English

Alternative forms

• haematology (Commonwealth)
• hæmatology (dated)

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: hemato- +‎ -logy = hemat- +‎ -ology; morphologically parallel with haematology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhiməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

hematology (countable and uncountable, plural hematologies)

1. (life sciences as basic research) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
2. (medicine) The medical specialty dealing with the health and diseases of blood and blood-producing organs.

Hypernyms

• study
• specialty

Derived terms

• hematologic
• hematological
• hematologically
• hematologist
• immunohematology
• oncohematology

Related terms

• hemopathology

Translations

study of blood and related organs — see haematology

See also

• hematology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia