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hem(o)-
word element [Gr.], blood. See also words beginning hema- and hemat(o)-.
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hem-
, hema- (hēm, hem), Although U.S. spelling practice favors this abridgment of the romanized combining form haem- based on Greek haima, the diphthongal spelling must be preserved in taxonomic terms such as Haemophilus. [G. haima]
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hem-
, hema-[G. haima]
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