hemo-

hemo-

(word root) blood

Examples of words with the root hemo-: hemoglobin

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hemo-

or hema- or hem- also haemo- or haema- or haem-

pref.

Blood: hemacyte.

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[Greek haimo-, from haima.]

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hemo-

combining form

a US variant of haemo-

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hemo-

or hema-

a combining form meaning “blood”: hemocyte.

Also, esp. before a vowel, hem-;esp. Brit., haemo-.

[< New Latin haemo-, comb. form representing Greek haîma blood]

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hemo-

A prefix meaning "blood," as in hemophilia, a disorder in which blood fails to clot.

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