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HAEMATOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does haematology mean?
• HAEMATOLOGY (noun)
The noun HAEMATOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
Familiarity information: HAEMATOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
haematology; hematology
Hypernyms ("haematology" is a kind of...):
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Derivation:
haematological (of or relating to or involved in hematology)
haematologist (a doctor who specializes in diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs)
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