hema-

1. variant of hemo-:

   hemacytometer.

hema-

combining_form

1. a US variant of haemo-

Example Sentences

Based on testimonies from 51 people from the Kerala-based film industry, the Hema Committee report lays bare decades of exploitation and says that “women have been asked to make themselves available for sex on demand” and that they were constantly told to make “compromise and adjustments” if they wanted work.

From BBC

Veteran Tamil actress Radhika Sarathkumar told the BBC that the Hema committee report has created a lot of awareness and that “men will be scared now”.

From BBC

Dutta, who received little support from her A-lister peers and has since claimed that she has been denied work, has described the Hema committee report as “useless”, adding that earlier reports about making workplaces safer for women had not helped.

From BBC

But the 290-page report by a three-member panel - called the Hema committee - detailed the problems faced by women in Malayalam cinema, including poor working conditions and rampant sexual harassment.

From BBC

The government set up the Hema committee, headed by a former judge of the Kerala High Court, in 2017 in the aftermath of the shocking sexual assault on a leading actress.

From BBC

Words That Use Hema-

What does hema- mean?

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

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

Hema- is a rare variant of hemo-. The spelling haema- is chiefly used in British English.

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

Hema- and haema- are two of the many variants of the combining form hemo-. Others are hem-, hemato-, and hemat-.

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

Also closely related to hema- 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 hema-

One example of a medical term that features the combining form hema- is hemacytometer, also known as a hemocytometer, meaning “an instrument for counting blood cells.”

The hema- part of hemacytometer means “blood.” The second part of the word, cyto-, is a combining form that means “cell.” The final part of the word, -meter, means “measure.” Hemacytometer literally translates to “blood cell measurer.” (A hemocyte is a technical term for a blood cell.)

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

• hemachromatosis
• hemafibrite
• hematherm

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

• chemi–
• chemo-
• chromato-
• hemangio-
• hemi-
• homo-
• homeo-
• stomato-

Break it down!

The combining form -therm means “hot, heat.” An animal described as a hematherm would be:

A. cold-blooded

B. warm-blooded