HEM-


Meaning of HEM- in English

combining form

or hemo- or hemi- or haem- or haemo-

Etymology: Middle French hemo-, from Latin haem-, haemo-, from Greek haim-, haimo-, from haima; perhaps akin to Old Norse seimr honeycomb, Old High German seim virgin honey, Welsh hufen cream

: blood

hem arthrosis

hem agglutination

hemo cyte

— the forms haem- or haemo- are preferred in taxonomic names

Haem acanthus

Haemo gregarina

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