hemo-

a combining form meaning “blood,” used in the formation of compound words: hemocyte.
Also hema-, hemato-; especially before a vowel, hem-; especially British, haemo-.

Origin of hemo-

< New Latin, combining form representing Greek haîma blood

Words nearby hemo-

hemizygous, hemline, hemlock, hemlock looper, hemmer, hemo-, hemoblast, hemoblastosis, hemocatheresis, hemocholecyst, hemocholecystitis

British Dictionary definitions for hemo-

hemo-

combining form

a US variant of haemo-

Medical definitions for hemo-

hemo-

pref.

Blood:hemocyte.

Scientific definitions for hemo-

hemo-
hemato-

A prefix meaning “blood,” as in hemophilia, a disorder in which blood fails to clot, or hematology, the scientific study of blood.