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{ } a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Haema-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemato- + Gr. &unr_; tumor: cf. F. hématocèle. ] (Med.) A tumor filled with blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + kry`os cold. ] (Zool.) The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemato + crystalline. ] (Physiol.) See Hemoglobin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hemato- + -oid. ] (Physiol.) Resembling blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called haemolutein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemato- + -logy. ] The science which treats of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The lysis of erythrocytes in the blood with the release of hemoglobin.
Syn. -- hemolysis, haemolysis, haematolysis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. See Hema-, and -oma. ] (Med.) A localised leakage of blood from the blood vessels into nearby tissues, usually confined within a tissue or organ; especially, a local swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin, which may clot and discolor the affected area. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + filei^n to love. ] (Med.) Same as hemophilia; -- an obsolete term. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) The hematin of blood. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. a"ima`twsis.] (Physiol.) (a) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood. (b) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; haematogenesis. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + thermo`s warm. ] (Zool.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Warm-blooded. [ 1913 Webster ]