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haematology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhiːməˈtɒlədʒi/
  • US: /ˌhiməˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hematology

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

History

Etymology

From haemat- + -ology or hæmat- + -ology or haemato- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: hematologie — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Albanian: hematologjia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Arabic: عِلْم الدَّمْ (ʕilm ad-dam) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Armenian: արյունաբանություն (aryunabanutʻyun) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Asturian: hematoloxía — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Azerbaijani: hematologiya — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Bashkir: гематология (gematologiya) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Basque: hematologia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Belarusian: гематалогія (hjematalóhija) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Bulgarian: хематология (hematologija) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Catalan: hematologia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Chinese Cantonese: 血液學 /血液学 (hyut3 jik6 hok6) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血液學 /血液学 (xuèyèxué) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Czech: hematologie — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Danish: hæmatologi — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Dutch: hematologie — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Esperanto: hematologio — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Finnish: hematologia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Finnish: veritautioppi — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • French: hématologie — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Galician: hematoloxía — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Georgian: ჰემატოლოგია (hemaṭologia) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • German: Hämatologie — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Greek: αιματολογία (aimatología) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Hindi: रक्तशास्त्र (raktaśāstra) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Hungarian: hematológia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Icelandic: blóðfræði — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Ido: hematologio — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Indonesian: hematologi — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Irish: haemaiteolaíocht — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Italian: ematologia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Japanese: 血液学 (ketsuekigaku) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Javanese: hematologi — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Kazakh: гематология (gematologiä) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Korean: 혈액학 (hyeoraekhak) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Northern Kurdish: hematolojî — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Northern Kurdish: xwînnasî — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Kyrgyz: гематология (gematologiya) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Latin: haematologia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Latvian: hematoloģija — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Limburgish: bloodslieër — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Lithuanian: hematologija — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Low German: Hämatologie — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Macedonian: хематологија (hematologija) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Malay: hematologi — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Malay: kaji darah — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Malayalam: ഹീമറ്റോളജി (hīmaṟṟōḷaji) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Māori: mātai toto — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Newar: हेमाटोलोजी (hemāṭolojī) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hematologi — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hematologi — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Occitan: ematologia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Persian: خونشناسی (xun-šenâsi) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Persian: هماتولوژی (hemâtoloži) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Polish: hematologia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Portuguese: hematologia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Romanian: hematologie — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Russian: гематоло́гия (gematológija) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Sanskrit: रक्तशास्त्रम् (raktaśāstram) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Serbo-Croatian: хематоло̀гија — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Serbo-Croatian: hematològija — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Slovak: hematológia — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Slovene: hematologija — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Lower Sorbian: hematologija — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Upper Sorbian: hematologija — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Spanish: hematología — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Swedish: hematologi — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Tagalog: paladuguan — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Tagalog: hematolohiya — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Tajik: хуншиносӣ (xunšinosi) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Tatar: гематология (gematologiyä) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Thai: โลหิตวิทยา (loh-hìt-wít-tá-yaa) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Turkish: kan bilimi — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Turkish: hematoloji — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Ukrainian: гематологія (hematolohija) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Uzbek: гематология (gematologiya) — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Uzbek: gematologiya — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Vietnamese: huyết học — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Waray-Waray: hematolohiya — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs
  • Welsh: haematoleg — scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs