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-
 
—combining form
a US variant of haemo-

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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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