hematology
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From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: hemato- + -logy = hemat- + -ology; morphologically parallel with haematology.
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hematology (countable and uncountable, plural hematologies)
- (life sciences as basic research) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
- (medicine) The medical specialty dealing with the health and diseases of blood and blood-producing organs.
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study of blood and related organs — see haematology
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- hematology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia