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hematology /he·ma·tol·o·gy/ (he″mah-tol´ah-je) the branch of medical science dealing with the blood and blood-forming tissues, including morphology, physiology, and pathology.
hematology [hē′mətol′əjē, hem′-] Etymology: Gk, haima + logos, science the scientific study of blood and blood-forming tissues. Also spelled haematology. -hematologic, hematological, adj. hematology (hē´m n the scientific study of blood and blood-forming tissues. hematology tests, n.pl the diagnostic tests of the blood and its constituent parts. hematology the science dealing with the morphology of blood and blood-forming tissues, and with their physiology and pathology. hematology reference values normal numbers per unit volume of each cell included in a blood count. See Tables 1.1 and 1.2. hematology The subspecialty of internal medicine that diagnoses and treats diseases of the blood and its cell components. See Hematologist, Hematology/oncology. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Thomas Coates, section head of hematology at the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Childrens Hospital and director of the Red Cell Defects Program. Hock, director and founder of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases and director of the Pediatric Hospice Program at St. Earlier studies correlated these compounds with blood diseases including aplastic anemia and hemolytic anemia. |
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