haemato- en · X
Pronunciation
- /hiːmətəʊ/
Etymology
Representing the combining form of Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Meanings
-
(morpheme) blood
Back in the late ’90s, when vampirism became fashionable owing to the international popularity of the novel Dracula … A subcircuit of the Buda-Pesth telephone exchange had apparently been reserved for the use of hæmatophages, as they were then known
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 801: [compare -phage]
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hemato- | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hæmato- | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hemat- | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hæmat- | alternative | lexicographic | |
| haemat- | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
haemo- · hem- · hæmo- · hæm- · hemo- · haem-
Translations (2)
pl hemo- (Translations) · pl hemato- (Translations)