Etymology

carbohæmia

Today it means: Accumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood. Full definition →

Latin carbo ← Ancient Greek αἷμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromαἷμα“blood”
  2. Latin · derived fromcarbo“charcol”
  3. English todaycarbohæmia

From carbo- + -hæmia, conjunction: Latin carbo (“charcol”) and Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Words from the same roots

Latincarbo all →

Carbonellcarbonadocarbonæmia

Ancient Greekαἷμα all →

hemoglobinhemolysishaemophiliabloodflowercarbonæmiahaemalhaematidhaemato-haemonyhematic

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