Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
- a combining form meaning “blood,” used in the formation of compound words: hemocyte.
combining form
- a US variant of haemo-
word-forming element meaning “blood,” perhaps via Old French hemo-, Latin haemo-, from Greek haimo-, from haima “blood” (see -emia).
pref.
- Blood:hemocyte.
- A prefix meaning blood, as in hemophilia, a disorder in which blood fails to clot, or hematology, the scientific study of blood.