a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and hæmal structures; as, the dermohæmal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. chrw^ma color. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhaemacyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema + Gr. ky`tos a hollow vessel + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Haema- + L. ad toward. ] (Anat.) Toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; -- opposed to neurad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. dro`mos course + -graph. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

{ } n. Same as Hemadrometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ pr>(-dr&ouptack_;*m&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*tr&ybreve_;), } n. Same as Hemadrometry. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Hemadynamics. [ 1913 Webster ]

pr>(hē`m&adot_;*dī`n&adot_;*m&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r or h&ebreve_;m`&adot_;*d&ibreve_;n`&adot_;-), Same as Hemadynamometer. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. a"i^ma blood.] Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. See Hemal. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. faio`s dusky. ] (Physiol.) A brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema + -pod. ] (Zool.) An haemapodous animal. G. Rolleston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Haema- + Gr. poihtiko`s productive. ] (Physiol.) Blood-forming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] Same as Hemapophysis. -- Haem`a*po*phys"i*al a. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Hemastatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. tachy`s swift + -meter. ] (Physiol.) A form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol.) The measurement of the velocity of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hematemesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. a"imatiko`s] Of or pertaining to the blood; sanguine; brownish red. [1913 Webster]

Haematic acid (Physiol.), a hypothetical acid, supposed to be formed from hemoglobin during its oxidation in the lungs, and to have the power of freeing carbonic acid from the sodium carbonate of the serum. Thudichum. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Hematin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hematinometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hematinometric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hematite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of a blood-red color; crimson; (Bot.) brownish red. [ 1913 Webster ]

prefix. See Haema-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemato- + -blast. ] (Anat.) One of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) The cold-blooded vertebrates. Same as Hematocrya. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cold-blooded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hematocrystallin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hemadynamometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemato- + genesis. ] (Physiol.) (a) The origin and development of blood. (b) The transformation of venous into arterial blood by respiration; hematosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Relating to haematogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Originating in the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hematoglobulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hematoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hematoidin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemato- + -in. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. Two like bodies, called respectively haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Haematoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science which treats of the blood. Same as Hematology. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; haemato- + Gr. ly`sis a loosing, dissolving, fr. ly`ein to loose, dissolve. ] (Physiol.) Dissolution of the red blood corpuscles with diminished coagulability of the blood; haemolysis. -- Haem`a*to*lyt"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Haemato- + -meter. ] (Physiol.) (a) Same as Hemadynamometer. (b) An instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love. ] (Zool.) A division of Chiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. See Vampire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemato- + Gr. pla`ssein to mold. ] (Anat.) Same as Haematoblast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Haemato- + -plastic. ] (Physiol.) Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemato- + Gr. porfy`ra purple. ] (Physiol. Chem.) See Haematoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haemato- + sac. ] (Anat.) A vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A haemoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]