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hemo-
a combining form meaning “blood,” used in the formation of compound words.
hemocyte.
hemo-
combining form
a US variant of haemo-
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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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Example Sentences
In the Kurdish-held city of Qamishli in northeast Syria, Hamed Hemo believes that an investigation could uncover the fate of his missing son.
Hemo has turned his living room into a shrine for his son, Ferhad, a journalist who went missing after IS militants kidnapped him and a colleague, Masoud Aqil, in 2014.
“To this day our lives have completely changed,” Hemo said, taking a drag from his cigarette.
Thousands of captured IS fighters are held in prisons run by Kurdish-led forces who Hemo believes could provide information about the missing.
Ohad Hemo, a reporter for Israel’s Channel 12, said the Israeli media were spurned “because we represent normalization.”
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When To Use
Hemo- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “blood.” It is used in many medical terms, especially in pathology.Hemo- comes from the Greek î, meaning “blood.”What are variants of hemo-?There are many variants of the combining form hemo-.When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, hemo- becomes hem-, as in hemal. Other variants of hemo- are hema-, hemato-, and hemat-.In British English, these combining forms are often spelled with an additional a, as in haemo-, haem-, haema-, haemato-, and haemat-. Historically, these forms have been spelled with a ligature of the a and e, as in æ-.Closely related to hemo- are -aemia, -emia, -haemia, and -hemia, which are combined to the ends of words to denote blood conditions.You can learn all about the specific applications for each of these forms at our 51Թs That Use articles for them.
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