Occupation or Discipline
hematology
he·ma·tol·o·gy [ hee-muh-tol-uh-jee, hem-uh- ]
Subclass of:
Internal medicine specialty
Etymology:
Greek haima = blood + logos = study or science
Definitions related to hematology (discipline):
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(hematology) A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with morphology, physiology, and pathology of the blood and blood-forming tissues.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(hematology) Subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with morphology, physiology, and pathology of the blood and blood-forming tissues; for thorough searching, see all RTs and similar alpha strings.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(hematology) The branch of medicine that deals with the blood and blood-forming organs and the diseases thereof.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Hematology, branch of medical science concerned with the nature, function, and diseases of the blood. In the 17th century, Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, using a primitive, single-lens microscope, observed red blood cells (erythrocytes) and compared their size with that of a grain of...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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