Same as Haema-, Haemo-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemo- + globe. ] (Physiol.) The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Haemochromometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin; the breaking apart of red blood cells in the blood.
Syn. -- haemolysis, hematolysis, haematolysis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to hemolysis; causing hemolysis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, blood + filei^n to love.] (Med.) A condition characterized by a tendency to profuse and uncontrollable hemorrhage from the slightest wounds; it is caused by an absence or abnormality of a clotting factor in the blood, and is a recessive genetic disease linked to the X-chromosome, and therefore usually occurs only in males; there are several specific forms. It may be treated by administering purified clotting factor. It was formerly termed Hematophilia. [1913 Webster +PJC]

n. A person afflicted with hemophilia; called also hemophile. [ PJC ]

a. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or afflicted with hemophilia; hemophilic. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or afflicted with hemophilia; hemophiliac.
Syn. -- haemophilic, hemophiliac. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. (Microbiology) Growing best in a medium containing blood, or in blood; -- of bacteria. [ PJC ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma blood + &unr_; to spit: cf. F. hémoptysie.] (Med.) The expectoration of blood, due usually to hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of the lungs. [1913 Webster]