单词 | hematology |
释义 | hematology (once / 101891 pages) n Hematology is the branch of medicine that studies blood and diseases of the blood. It’s a word you’d hear at the hospital or doctor’s office, or if you’re having blood work done. Add an -ology to the end of a word and it means “the study of.” Medical fields such as neurology and cardiology relate to the brain and the heart, respectively. Then there’s hematology, which involves something that goes to the heart, brain, and everywhere else in the body: blood. Hematology involves diseases of the blood such as leukemia. The Greek root for blood (haima) also appears in blood-related words such as hemorrhage and hematoma. WORD FAMILYhematology: hematological, hematologist+/hematologist: hematologists USAGE EXAMPLESDoctor presented the work in early December at the American Society of Hematology 58th Annual Meeting. Time(Dec 20, 2016) “I didn’t even make it past the lobby,” said Foster, 28, a government relations coordinator at the American Society of Hematology. Washington Post(Nov 10, 2016) People with varying cancer diagnoses visit Norton for oncology and hematology treatments. Washington Times(Oct 26, 2016) n the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs Syn|Hyper haematology medical specialty, medicine the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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