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carbohæmia

carbohæmia noun: accumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood.

Noun

carbohæmia (uncountable)

  1. Accumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood.
    • I submit, then, that tuberculisation is alone the result of carbohæmia, and that carbohæmia itself is induced by the respiration of air that has been respired before.1868, Henry Mac Cormac, “Carbohæmia, The One And Only Possible Source Of Tubercle And Tubercle Induce Maladies”, in British Medical Journal, volume I, page 375

Origin of carbohæmia

From carbo- + -hæmia, conjunction: Latin carbo (“charcol”) and Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Questions about carbohæmia

What does carbohæmia mean?
Carbohæmia means accumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood.
What part of speech is carbohæmia?
Carbohæmia is a noun.

Words near carbohæmia in the dictionary

  1. carbohydrazide
  2. carbohydrazides
  3. carbohydride
  4. carbohydrides
  5. carbohydrolytic
  6. carbohæmia
  7. carboirite
  8. carbokentbrooksite
  9. carbol
  10. carbolactam
  11. carbolactams

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