hemolysis
English
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek αἷμα (blood).
Origin
Ancient Greek
αἷμα
Gloss
blood
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
血
Emoji
🫀
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -aemia English
- autohemolysis English
- bloodflower English
- haemal English
- hemoglobin English
- hyperhemolysis English
- photohemolysis English
- thermohemolysis English
- Haemonia Latin
- globus Latin
- haematobius Latin
- haematologia Latin
- -ämie German
- ematoide Italian
- hémato- French
- hémoglobine French
- -emia Spanish, Castilian
- hemartros Spanish, Castilian
- αἱμάτινος Ancient Greek
- αἱματόεις Ancient Greek
- αἱμοφόβος Ancient Greek
- αἵμων Ancient Greek
- αἷμα Ancient Greek
- ἀναίμων Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρόσαιμον Ancient Greek
- ἄνθος Ancient Greek
- *say- Proto-Indo-European
- -emia Portuguese
- αίμα Greek (modern)