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hematology
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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.
he·ma·tol·o·gy (hm-tl-j)
n.
The science of the blood and blood-producing organs.
hema·to·logic (-t-ljk), hema·to·logi·cal adj.
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´mtol´jē),
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.


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