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Definition: Hematology |
HematologyNoun1. The branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Hematology \Hem`a*tol"o*gy\, noun. [Hemato- -logy.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with morphology, physiology, and pathology of the blood and blood-forming tissues. (references) |
Medicine | The science of the blood, its nature, functions, and diseases. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: HematologySynonym: haematology (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hematology |
| English words defined with "hematology": haematological, hematologic, hematological. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hematology": laboratory assistant ♦ medical laboratory manage, medical technicia, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST, CHIEF, MEDICAL-LABORATORY TECHNICIAN ♦ Technology, Medical. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | U.S. Army. Letterman General Hospital, Presidio, San Francisco, Ca. : Interior view- Laboratory, Hematology.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | A majority of medical centers have hematology divisions in their medicine or pediatrics departments, and patients who need evaluation, treatment, or information can often be referred there. (references) | |
A non-Federal, nonadvocate, 12-member consensus panel representing the fields of hematology, infectious disease, transfusion medicine, epidemiology, and biostatistics and a public representative. (references) | ||
Whether the care of a child with sickle cell disease is obtained through a single provider, in a health maintenance organization, by a comprehensive sickle cell clinic, or a hematology clinic, the care must either be a component of a sickle cell network or have ties to such a network. (references) | ||
Business | Local production mainly consists of reagents and test kits for clinical chemistry, hematology, serology, and microbiology. (references) | |
U.S. manufacturers that dominate the hematology market include Beckman-Coulter, Abbott Celdyne, and Teknicon, among others. (references) | ||
The market leaders in hematology & coagulation instruments and reagents are Sysmex, Beckmen Coulter, Abbott, Roche, and Technicon. (references) | ||
Economic History | Sri Lanka | Diagnostic equipment, operating theater equipment, intensive care equipment, clinical analyzers and hematology equipment continue to offer the best sales prospects for US firms. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "hematology"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مبحث الدم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 血液学 (haematological, haematology, hematologic, hematological). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | haematologi (haematology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hematologie (haematology), haematologie (haematology), bloedziektenleer (haematology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hématologie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Haematologie (haematology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αιματολογία (haematology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ematologia (haematology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 血液学 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けつえきがく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ematologyhay hematologia (haematology, haematoma, hematoma), hematólogo (haematologist, haematology). (various references) hematología (haematology). (various references) โลหิตวิทยา. (various references) гематологія (haematology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "hematology": immunohematology. (additional references) | |
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"Hematology" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dematology, hemotology, hermatology. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hematology" (pronounced he'mutÄ"lijē) |
| 5 | -Ä" l i j ē | technology. |
| 3 | -i j ē | effigy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-l-m-o-o-t-y" | |
-2 letters: ethology, hologamy, theology. | |
-3 letters: theolog. | |
-4 letters: galoot, gamely, gelato, gleamy, gloomy, hamlet, homage, homely, hyetal, legato, loathe, methyl, moolah, mooley, motley, ohmage, oogamy, otalgy, tamely, thymol. | |
-5 letters: aglet, agley, almeh, altho, amole, atomy, ethyl, etyma, gamey, gemot, gleam, gloam, gloat, gloom, golem, gooey, haole, helot, hemal, hoagy, holey, homey, hooey, hooly, hooty, hotel, hotly, hoyle, lathe, lathy, loamy, loath, looey, lotah, magot, mahoe, malty, matey, mealy, meaty, metal, mohel, molto, moola, motel, motey, mothy, ogham, ology, omega, thole, thyme, togae, yahoo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-l-m-o-o-t-y" | |
+2 letters: rheumatology. | |
+4 letters: metapsychology. | |
+5 letters: electromyograph. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 6D 61 74 6F 6C 6F 67 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . -- .- - --- .-.. --- --. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101111 01101100 01101111 01100111 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e m a t o l o g y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 006D 0061 0074 006F 006C 006F 0067 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42717967868178817391 |
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