hem-, haem-, hemo-, haemo, hema-, haema-, hemato-, haemato-, hemat-, haemat-, -hemia, -haemia, -hemic, -haemic
(Greek: blood)
1. A substance that stops bleeding: Jane learned in class that hemostats can be antihemorrhagic drugs which can coagulate the flow of blood in an animal.
2. A device used to clamp a blood vessel in order to lessen or to suppress the discharge of blood throughout surgery: A hemostat was used during the operation to make sure that Susan would not lose any of her body's vital fluid.
2. A device used to clamp a blood vessel in order to lessen or to suppress the discharge of blood throughout surgery: A hemostat was used during the operation to make sure that Susan would not lose any of her body's vital fluid.
hemotachogram
The record produced by a hemotachrometer (an apparatus used to measure the velocity of the blood).
hemotachometer
An instrument that measures the speed of blood flow.
hemotachometry
The measurement of the speed of blood flow.
hemotachy
Speed of the flow of blood.
hemotherapy, hemotherapeutics, hematherapy
The treatment of a disease with the administration of blood or blood products, such as blood plasma.
hemotoxin
hemotroph, hemotrophe
The nutritive materials supplied to the embryos of placental mammals through the maternal bloodstream.
hemotropic, hematotropic
Pertaining to the mechanism by which a substance in or on blood cells, especially the erythrocytes, attracts phagocytic cells; the latter change direction and migrate toward the hemotropic cells.
histohematin
A hemoglobin pigment in various tissues.
histohematogenous
1. Developed from blood and some tissue type.
2. Formed from both the tissues and the blood.
2. Formed from both the tissues and the blood.
ichthyohemotoxin
A poison found in the blood of certain fish.
ichthyohemotoxism
Intoxication caused by the ingestion of ichthyohemotoxin, characterized by gastrointestinal and neurological disturbances.
ischemia, ischaemia
1. An inadequate supply of blood to a part of the body, caused by partial or total blockage of an artery.
2. A low oxygen state usually resulting from an obstruction of the arterial blood supply or inadequate blood flow leading to hypoxia in the tissue.
3. Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction, thrombosis, or embolism.
2. A low oxygen state usually resulting from an obstruction of the arterial blood supply or inadequate blood flow leading to hypoxia in the tissue.
3. Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction, thrombosis, or embolism.
keratohemia
