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hemo

hemo-

a combining form meaning “blood,” used in the formation of compound words: hemocyte.
Also, hema-, hemato-; especially before a vowel, hem-; especially British, haemo-.


Origin:
< Neo-Latin, combining form representing Greek haîma blood
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Hemo is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Medical Dictionary

hemo- or hema- or hem- or haemo- or haema- or haem-
pref.
Blood: hemocyte.

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Science Dictionary
hemo- or hemato-  
A prefix meaning "blood," as in hemophilia, a disorder in which blood fails to clot, or hematology, the scientific study of blood.
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