haematichematicadj.n.
/hiːˈmatɪk/, U.S. /hiˈmædɪk/ A. adj.
a. Relating or pertaining to blood.
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bloodyeOE
sanguine1447
blood-likea1500
bloodish1530
crimson1560
sanguineous1646
sanguiferous1682
sanguinary1684
sanguinous1833
haemal1839
haematoid1840
haematic1854
haematogenic1876
haematogenous1880
haematal1886
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
b. Containing blood, sanguineous.
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sanguinolent1598
haematic1872
1872 E. R. Peaslee Ovarian Tumors 42 Boinet divides simple cysts..into the ‘hydatic’..the serous or ‘ascitic’; and the ‘hematic’ (sanguineous) or purulent, but not gelatinous.
c. Acting upon the blood.
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1867 F. J. S. Gorgas Harris's Dict. Med. Terminol., Dental Surg., & Collateral Sci. (ed. 3) 630/1 Spanæmic, a term applied to hæmatic remedies when such remedies impoverish the blood.
1882 Lancet I. 316 Hæmatic crises.
d. Of a blood-red colour ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Hæmatic acid, a substance obtained..when carbonised blood is heated to redness with sodium carbonate and the residue treated with alcohol.
B. n.
1. A medicine that acts upon the blood.
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haematinic1855
haematic1867
phytohaemagglutinin1949
1867 F. J. S. Gorgas Harris's Dict. Med. Terminol., Dental Surg., & Collateral Sci. (ed. 3) 320/2 Hæmatics act as restoratives when they enrich the blood, or as spanæmics when they impoverish it.
1881 G. L. Carrick Koumiss 168 It is an excellent hæmatic.
2. haematics n. That branch of physiology or medicine which treats of the blood.
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haematology1811
dermatology1813
cardiology1837
laryngology1842
pharyngology1842
glossology1844
haematics1854
urology1855
odontonosology1857
otiatrics1857
otiatry1857
trichology1860
trichopathy1860
urinology1860
psychoneurology1865
otology1874
rhinology1874
rhinolaryngology1888
sphygmology1890
otolaryngology1897
proctology1899
otorhinolaryngology1900
gastro-enterology1904
neuroendocrinology1922
urodynamics1954
pulmonology1955
psychoneuroendocrinology1970
the world > life > the body > study of body > study of vascular system > [noun] > blood
haemostatics1733
haematology1811
haemataulics1854
haematics1854
haemodynamics1857
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
1887 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Hæmatic, bloody; containing, full of, or relating to, blood. Also, of a blood-red colour. Also, applied to a substance which is able to improve the quality of the blood.
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