carbohæmia

noun

Accumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood.

OriginLatin carbo ← Ancient Greek αἷμα →
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Meanings

nouncarbohæmia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineAccumulation of wasteful elements of carbon or mere carbon inside blood.

    I submit, then, that tuberculisation is alone the result of carbohæmia, and that carbohæmia itself is induced by the respiration of air that has been respired before.

    1868, Henry Mac Cormac, “Carbohæmia, The One And Only Possible Source Of Tubercle And Tubercle Induce Maladies”, in British Medical Journal, volume I, page 375

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekαἷμα“blood”
  2. Latincarbo“charcol”
  3. Englishcarbohæmia

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

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