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Meanings of Haemocoel:

noun

The primary body cavity of most invertebrates, containing circulatory fluid.

Usage examples:

Arthropods also have a hemocoel, an open body cavity in which blood flows and bathes the tissues an…

Meanings of Haemocyanin:

noun

A protein containing copper, responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood plasma of arthropods and molluscs.

Usage examples:

It is intriguing that crustaceans seem to express either hemoglobin or hemocyanin but not both prot…

Meanings of Haemocyte:

noun

A cell of the haemolymph of various invertebrates, especially arthropods.

Usage examples:

Circulating blood cells known as hemocytes represent the main cellular component of the molluscan i…

Meanings of Haemocytometer:

noun

An instrument for visual counting of the number of cells in a blood sample or other fluid under a microscope.

Usage examples:

Total cell count was performed on a hemocytometer.

Meanings of Haemodialysis:

noun

Kidney dialysis.

Usage examples:

During hemodialysis, your blood flows through a filter in a dialysis machine.

Meanings of Haemodynamic:

adjective

Relating to the flow of blood within the organs and tissues of the body.

Usage examples:

Before surgery is performed, care must be taken to make sure that the patient is in a stable hemody…

Meanings of Haemoglobin:

noun

A red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates. its molecule comprises four subunits, each containing an iron atom bound to a haem group.

Usage examples:

The key, she believes, may be the iron content of the blood and muscle proteins hemoglobin and myog…

Meanings of Haemoglobinuria:

noun

Excretion of free haemoglobin in the urine.

Usage examples:

In elderly, asplenic, or immunocompromised patients a severe malaria-like illness with hemoglobinur…

Meanings of Haemolysis:

noun

The rupture or destruction of red blood cells.

Usage examples:

Not all patients who develop the antibody will undergo red blood cell hemolysis.

Meanings of Haemolytic:

adjective

Relating to or involving the rupture or destruction of red blood cells.

Usage examples:

Haemolytic anaemia

Meanings of Haemophilia:

noun

A medical condition in which the ability of the blood to clot is severely reduced, causing the sufferer to bleed severely from even a slight injury. the condition is typically caused by a hereditary lack of a coagulation factor, most often factor viii.

Usage examples:

The range of chronic illnesses covered includes cardiac conditions, hemophilia compounded by hiv / …

Meanings of Haemophiliac:

noun

A person who suffers from haemophilia

Meanings of Haemopoiesis:

noun

The production of blood cells and platelets, which occurs in the bone marrow.

Usage examples:

Under normal conditions of hemopoiesis, the bone marrow acts as a site for the turnover and traffic…

Meanings of Haemoptysis:

noun

The coughing up of blood.

Usage examples:

She has no symptoms, specifically no cough, sputum, hemoptysis, weight loss, sweats, fevers, or bon…

Meanings of Haemorrhage:

noun

An escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.

Usage examples:

A massive haemorrhage of the brain

verb

(of a person) suffer a haemorrhage.

Usage examples:

He had begun haemorrhaging in the night

Meanings of Haemorrhaged:

verb

(of a person) suffer a haemorrhage.

Usage examples:

He had begun haemorrhaging in the night

noun

An escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.

Usage examples:

A massive haemorrhage of the brain

Meanings of Haemorrhagic:

adjective

Accompanied by or produced by haemorrhage.

Usage examples:

A viral haemorrhagic fever

Meanings of Haemorrhaging:

verb

(of a person) suffer a haemorrhage.

Usage examples:

He had begun haemorrhaging in the night

noun

An escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel.

Usage examples:

A massive haemorrhage of the brain

Meanings of Haemorrhoid:

noun

A swollen vein or group of veins in the region of the anus.

Usage examples:

You may have to strain, which can be painful and cause bleeding or haemorrhoids (swollen veins in t…

Meanings of Haemorrhoids:

noun

A swollen vein or group of veins in the region of the anus.

Usage examples:

You may have to strain, which can be painful and cause bleeding or haemorrhoids (swollen veins in t…

Meanings of Haemostasis:

noun

The stopping of a flow of blood.

Usage examples:

The evolving understanding of the body's response at the molecular level continues to reveal common…

Meanings of Haemostat:

noun

An instrument for preventing blood flow by compression of a blood vessel.

Usage examples:

If injecting a corticosteroid after aspiration, a hemostat is used to stabilize the needle while th…

Meanings of Haet:

noun

"devil (also fiend) a (also the) haet": not a whit, nothing at all.

Meanings of Hafiz:

noun

A muslim who knows the koran by heart.

Usage examples:

Reciting quranic verses from memory just like a hafiz, the doctor says that there are many verses i…

Meanings of Hafnium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 72, a hard silver-grey metal of the transition series, resembling and often occurring with zirconium.

Usage examples:

Titanium is found in column four along with chemically similar zirconium, hafnium, and thorium.