haemato-
/hiːmətəʊ/
haemato- prefix: blood.
Prefix
haemato-
- blood
- Back in the late ’90s, when vampirism became fashionable owing to the international popularity of the novel Dracula … A subcircuit of the Buda-Pesth telephone exchange had apparently been reserved for the use of hæmatophages, as they were then known2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 801: [compare -phage]
Synonyms of haemato-
Forms of haemato-
| alternative form | hæmat- |
|---|---|
| alternative form | haemat- |
| alternative form | hæmato- |
| alternative form | hemat- |
| alternative form | hemato- |
Origin of haemato-
Representing the combining form of Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Questions about haemato-
- What does haemato- mean?
- Haemato- means blood.
- What part of speech is haemato-?
- Haemato- is a prefix.
- How do you pronounce haemato-?
- Haemato- is pronounced /hiːmətəʊ/.
Words near haemato- in the dictionary
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