hem/o

Medical Root
hem/o

hem/o means blood (from the Greek).

What does hem/o mean?

The root hem/o means "blood". It is used to build many medical terms, and comes from the Greek.

Example words using hem/o

WordMeaning
hemorrhageexcessive bleeding
hematologystudy of blood

Related word parts

hemat/o · angi/o

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