hemat-

1. variant of hemato- before a vowel:

   hematic.

Example Sentences

Acting Deputy Education Minister Abdul Hakim Hemat later told the BBC that girls would not be allowed to attend secondary school until a new education policy in line with Islamic and Afghan traditions was approved, which would be in time for the start of school in March 2022.

From BBC

Its name is short for "Waktu Hemat, Operasi Optimal, Sistem Handal", or "Timesaving, Optimal Operation, Reliable System" in the local language.

From BBC

That night, 11 people were killed including Batour's brothers: Sehatullah, 28, a teacher at a secondary school in Khogyani district, left behind a wife and three young sons, and Khalid Hemat, 26, who went to university with Batour, had married just four months earlier.

From Salon

The first Taliban-appointed education minister was Hemat Akhundzada, who was in the post until last September.

From Seattle Times

She packed a small bag and fled the country a few days later, taking her two younger siblings - Meena and Hemat - with her.

From BBC

Words That Use Hemat-

What does hemat- mean?

Hemat- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “blood.” It is used in many medical terms, especially in pathology.

Hemat- comes from the Greek haîma, meaning “blood.”

Hemat- is a variant of hemato-, which loses its -o– when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. The spelling haemat- is chiefly used in British English.

Want to know more? Read our Words That Use hemato- article.

Hemat-, hemato-, and haemat- are some of the many variants of the combining form hemo–. Another is hema-.

As with haemat-, all of these combining forms are often spelled with an additional a in British English, as in haemo-, haema-, and haemato-. Historically, these forms have been spelled with a ligature of the a and e, as in hæmat-.

Also closely related to hemat- are -aemia, -emia, -haemia, and -hemia, which are combined to the ends of words to denote blood conditions.

You can learn all about the specific applications for each of these forms at our Words That Use articles for them.

Examples of hemat-

One example of a medical term you may have encountered that features the combining form hemat- is hematoma, “a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.”

The first part of the word, hemat-, means “blood.” The suffix -oma is used to name tumors or other abnormal growth. So, a hematoma has a literal sense of “abnormal swelling of blood.”

What are some words that use the combining form hemat-?

• hematal
• hematic
• hematein
• hematemesis
• hematencephalon
• hematin
• hematite (using the equivalent form of hemat- in Greek)
• hematoid

What are some other forms that hemat- may be commonly confused with?

• chemi–
• chemo-
• chromat-
• hemangio-
• hemi-
• homo-
• homeo-
• stomat-

Break it down!

The suffix -oid means “resembling, like.” With that in mind, what does hematoid mean?