Defn: Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, hæmapod, hæmatogenesis, hæmoscope.
Note: Words from Gr. (hema-, hemato-, hemo-, as well as hæma-, hæmato-, hæmo-.
HAEMACHROME
Hæm"a*chrome ( or ), n. Etym: [Hæma- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: Hematin.
HAEMACYANIN
Hæm`a*cy"a*nin, n. Etym: [Hæma- + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.
Note: When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhæmacyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile.
HAEMACYTOMETER
Hæm`a*cy*tom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Hæma + Gr. -meter.] (Physiol.)
Defn: An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
HAEMAD
Hæ"mad, adv. Etym: [Hæma- + L. ad toward.] (Anat.)