hemo-
Prefix meaning blood
Hemo- is a combining form meaning blood, appearing in medical and scientific terms: hemoglobin, hemophilia, hemodialysis, hemorrhage.
Also spelled haemo- in British English.
The root appears in the middle of words as -hem- or -hem: anemia (lack of blood), leukemia (blood cancer).
Stored supply for transfusions
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- cross-matchPre-transfusion blood verification
- packed cellsConcentrated red blood cells
plasma · platelets · typing · Rh factor · anticoagulant · collection · storage · autologous
Blood cell production process
- hematocritRed cell volume fraction
- hemochromatosisHereditary iron storage disease
Diagnostic fluid analysis
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
- specimenIndividual for examination
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- CBCCanada's public broadcaster
smear · microscopy · serum · sample · pipette · vial · phlebotomy · coagulation
blood bank
Stored supply for transfusions
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- cross-matchPre-transfusion blood verification
packed cells · plasma · platelets · typing · Rh factor · anticoagulant · collection · storage · autologous · recipient
hematopoiesis
Blood cell production process
- hematocritRed cell volume fraction
- hemochromatosisHereditary iron storage disease
blood test
Diagnostic fluid analysis
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
- specimenIndividual for examination
- analysisMethodical study of parts
CBC · smear · microscopy · serum · sample · pipette · vial · phlebotomy · coagulation · panel
bloodstream
Flow through vessels
oxygenation · perfusion · vascular · cardiac output · flow · pressure · systemic · pulmonary · viscosity · volume
- brain hemorrhageBleeding within the cranium
- cerebral hemorrhageBleeding within the brain
- hemoglobin synthesisProduction of blood's oxygen carrier
- auricular hematomaBlood clot in outer ear
- subdural hematomaBlood between brain layers
- hemoglobin testAssesses blood's oxygen-carrying protein
hemorrhage, hemoglobin, heme, hematite, hematoma, hemophilia, hematuria, hematology, hemostasis