What it means
The root in many words about blood. It appears as hem-, hemo-, hemat- or hemato-, and as -emia at the end of a word. hemoglobinHEE-muh-gloh-binThe iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen, and the blood test that measures it.hem/o bloodglobin proteinFull entry is the protein in red cells that carries oxygen, a hemorrhageHEM-uh-rijA large loss of blood from a blood vessel, inside the body or out of it.hem/o blood-rrhage bursting forthFull entry is heavy bleeding, a hematomahee-muh-TOH-muhA collection of blood, often clotted, that has leaked out of the blood vessels into the tissue.hem/o blood (here as hemat-)-oma swelling or massFull entry is a collection of blood under the skin, hematuria is blood in the urine and dialysisdy-AL-ih-sisA treatment that removes wastes and extra fluid from the blood when the kidneys can no longer do it.dia- through, apart-lysis separation, looseningFull entry is cleaning the blood with a machine.
Remember it
Hem and hemat: think "hemorrhage", blood coming out.
At a glance
| Also written | hem-, hemat-, hemat/o, hemato-, hemo- |
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Related terms
hemoglobin
The iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen, and the blood test that measures it.
hemorrhage
A large loss of blood from a blood vessel, inside the body or out of it.
anemia
A lower than normal number of red blood cells or amount of hemoglobin in the blood.
hematoma
A collection of blood, often clotted, that has leaked out of the blood vessels into the tissue.
-emia
A word ending that means a condition of the blood, or something in the blood.