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Hematology

Definition: Hematology

Hematology

Noun

1. 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)



Specialty Definitions: Hematology

DomainDefinitions

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.

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Synonym: Hematology

Synonym: haematology (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Hematology

English words defined with "hematology": haematological, hematologic, hematological. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hematology": laboratory assistantmedical laboratory manage, medical technicia, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST, CHIEF, MEDICAL-LABORATORY TECHNICIANTechnology, Medical. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Hematology

DomainTitle

Books

  • Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: Diagnostic Methods (Methods in Hematology, Vol 18) (reference)

  • Albumin and the Systemic Circulation (Current Studies in Hematology and Blood Transfusion, No 53) (reference)

  • Cryopreservation and Low Temperature Biology in Blood Transfusion (Developments in Hematology and Immunology, 24) (reference)

  • Thromboplastin Calibration and Oral Anticoagulant Control (Developments in Hematology and Immunology, 8) (reference)

  • Advances in Haemapheresis: Proceedings of the Third International Congress of the World Apheresis Association, April 9-12, 1990, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (Developments in Hematology and Immunology, 25) (reference)

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Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Hematology

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

U.S. Army. Letterman General Hospital, Presidio, San Francisco, Ca. : Interior view- Laboratory, Hematology.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hematology

SubjectTopicQuote

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

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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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hematology

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hematology

451

american society of hematology

96

hematology analyzer

32

hematology and oncology

29

hematology reagents

18

pediatric hematology

13

atlas hematology

13

hematology journal

10

hematology test

8

veterinary hematology

7

hematology testing

6

hematology nursing uniform

6

diagnostics hematology

6

hematology mpeg tecnic

6

hematology slide

5

hematology in seminar

5

hematology nursing

5

hematology journal oncology pediatric

5

hematology minnesota oncology

4

experimental hematology

4
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Modern Translations: Hematology

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

   

Portuguese

  

hematologia (haematology, haematoma, hematoma), hematólogo (haematologist, haematology). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hematología (haematology). (various references)

   

Thai

  

โลหิตวิทยา. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

гематологія (haematology). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hematology

Derivations

Words ending with "hematology": immunohematology. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Hematology" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dematology, hemotology, hermatology. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hematology"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "hematology" (pronounced he'mutÄ"lijē)
5-Ä" l i j ētechnology.
3-i j ēeffigy.

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Anagrams: Hematology

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hematology


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 6D 61 74 6F 6C 6F 67 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101111 01101100 01101111 01100111 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#109 &#97 &#116 &#111 &#108 &#111 &#103 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 006D 0061 0074 006F 006C 006F 0067 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42717967868178817391

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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