|hemə|täjənəs, |hēm- adjective
Etymology: hemat- + -genous
1. : concerned with the production of blood or of one or more of its constituents
hematogenous functions of the liver
2.
a. : taking place by way of the blood
hematogenous metastasis of a tumor
b. : spread by way of the blood stream
hematogenous focal infection
hematogenous tuberculosis