hemacytometer (5) | (noun) - blood + hollow vessel + measure = an instrument use to count blood cells. |
hemagglutination (5) | (noun) - blood + glue to = clumping together of red blood cells. Hemagglutinate is the verb form. |
hemagglutinin (5) | (noun) - blood + glue to = a substance which causes hemagglutination. |
hemangioma (4) | (noun) - blood + vessel = a usually benign tumor formed by blood vessels which form a purplish or reddish elevated area of skin. |
hematin (5) | (noun) - blood + -tin = a brown-black or blue-black form of oxidized heme,
C34H33N4O5Fe |
hematite (4) | (noun) -blood(like) + stone = an iron ore containing mineral occurring in crystals or a reddish earthy form. Hematitic is the adjective form. |
hematocrit (4) | (noun) - blood + to judge = a device, usually a centrifuge, for determining the relative amounts of plasma and corpuscles in blood. |
hematogenous (5) | (adj.) - blood + producing = producing or arising in the blood. |
hematological (3) | (adj.) - blood + reason = relating to blood or hematology. Hematologic is another adjective form. |
hematology (3) | (noun) - blood + speak = the science that deals with blood and blood-forming organs. Hematologist is the noun form for a person who does this. |
hematoma (3) | (noun) - from the word = a mass of clotted blood in a tissue, organ, or body space resulting from a broken blood vessel, similar to some types of bruises. The plural can be either hematomas or hematomata. |
hematophagous (5) | (adj.) - blood + eat = feeding on blood. |
hematopoiesis (5) | (noun) - blood + formation = the formation of blood or of blood cells. Hematopoietic is the adjective form. |
hematoporphyrin (5) | (noun) - blood + purple = an isomeric porphyrin, C34H38O6N4 derived from protoporphyrin; a deep red crystalline pigment gotten by treating hematin or heme with acid. |
hematoxylin (5) | (noun) - blood + acid = C16 H14 O 6 , a crystalline compound obtained from logwood and used as a biological stain. |
hematuria (3) | (noun) - blood + urine = the presence of blood in the urine. |
hemochromatosis (5) | (noun) - blood + color + condition, process or disease = a metabolic disorder where iron-containing pigments are deposited in the tissues, bronzing the skin, diabetes, and general weakness. |
hemocyanin (5) | (noun) - blood + dark blue + made of, resembling = a colorless copper-containing material found in body fluids of arthropods and mollusks. |
hemocytometer (5) | (noun) - blood + hollow vessel + measure = an instrument use to count blood cells. |
hemodialysis (2) | (noun) - blood + separating = the process of removing blood from an artery, purifying it by dialysis, adding needed components, and returning it to a vein, usually done for kidney patients. |
hemodilution (3) | (noun) - blood + away + wash = decreased concentration of solids in the blood resulting from an increase in fluid. |
hemodynamic (5) | (adj.) - blood + power = relating to the mechanics of blood circulation. Hemodynamically is the adverb form. |
hemoflagellate (5) | (noun) - blood + flagellate = a blood parasite such as a trypanosome. |
hemoglobin (2) | (noun) - blood + globin = an iron-containing substance in vertebrate red blood cells that aids in oxygen transport to the tissues and helps in carbon dioxide transport back to the gills or lungs after surrender of its oxygen. |
hemoglobinuria (4) | (noun) - blood + globin + uria = the presence of free hemoglobin in the urine. Hemoglobinuric is the adjective form. |
hemolysis (4) | (noun) - blood + loosening = dissolving red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin. Hemolytic is the adjective form. |
hemolytic anemia (5) | (noun) - blood + loosening + anemia = anemia caused by destruction of red blood cells by chemical poisoning, infection, or sickle-cell anemia. |
hemophilia (2) | (noun) - blood + love, loving = a sex-linked hereditary blood defect occurring mostly in males and characterized by slow clotting of blood causing difficulty in controlling bleeding. |
hemophiliac (2) | (noun) - blood + love, loving = a person with hemophilia, also called a bleeder. The adjective form is the same. |
hemoprotein (5) | (noun) - blood + of the first quality = a conjugated protein such as hemoglobin of a group where a porphyrin is combined with iron. |
hemoptysis (5) | (noun) - blood + spit = coughing up blood from some part of the respiratory tract. |
hemorrhage (2) | (noun) - blood + flow = a large discharge of blood from the blood vessels. Hemorrhagic is the adjective form. |
hemorrhage (2) | (verb) - blood + flow = heavy or uncontrollable bleeding;
to rapidly and uncontrollably lose something. |
hemorrhagic fever (4) | (noun) - blood + flow + fever = an arthropod-borne virus disease characterized by a sudden onset, fever, aching, internal bleeding, petechiae, and shock. |
hemorrhoid (2) | (noun) - blood + flow = dilated veins in swollen tissue in the area of the anus or within the rectum - usually called hemorrhoids or piles. |
hemostasis (3) | (noun) - blood + standing = the stopping of bleeding. |
hemostat (3) | (noun) - blood + standing = an instrument for the stopping of bleeding by clamping a blood vessel. |
immunohematology (4) | (noun) - exempt + blood + speak = the branch of immunology that deals with the immunologic properties of blood. Immunohematological is the adjective form and immunohematologist is the noun for a person who does this. |
lupus erythematosus (3) | (noun) - wolf + red (blood?) = a disorder characterized by skin inflammation; systemic lupus erythematosus. |
systemic lupus erythematosus (3) | (noun) - together + set up + wolf + red (blood?) = an inflammatory, connective-tissue disease, found mostly in women, with fever, skin rash, and arthritis, acute hemolytic anemia, small hemorrhages, and in serious cases problems with the kidneys and central nervous system. |