Definition of Hematosis

1. n. Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood.

Definition of Hematosis

1. Noun. sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood ¹

2. Noun. The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; haematogenesis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hematosis

1. [n -TOSES]

Medical Definition of Hematosis

1. Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood. The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; haematogenesis. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A"imatwsis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hematosis

hematophobia
hematopoeitic
hematopoeitic stem cell
hematopoesis
hematopoieses
hematopoiesis
hematopoietic
hematopoietic cell
hematopoietic cells
hematopoietic stem cell
hematoporphyria
hematoporphyrin
hematoporphyrins
hematoses
hematosin
hematosis (current term)
hematotherma
hematothermal
hematotoxicity
hematoxylin
hematoxylins
hematozoa
hematozoon
hematuria
hematurias
hematuric
hemautography
heme
hemelytra
hemelytron

Literary usage of Hematosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical student's vade mecum by George Mendenhall (1857)
"The function of sanguification or hematosis. What are the changes effected upon the air and blood by this function ? The air loses a portion of oxygen and ..."

2. Lectures on Clinical Medicine: Delivered at the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris by Armand Trousseau, Pierre Victor Bazire, John Rose Cormack (1870)
"In all these cases, we must suppose that there is a modification of the hepatic or pulmonary hematosis, and that this modification is sufficient to ..."

3. Transactions of the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis v. 8 (1908)
"Had they known the function of electricity in respiration and hematosis, they might not have taught us that Ufe is supported by the oxygen absorbed from the ..."

4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1873)
"... or also to their affording insufficient materials for the sanguine process of assimilation, and to the feeble infantile process of hematosis to reduce ..."

5. The Obstetric catechism by Joseph Warrington (1860)
"A supply of oxygen is necessary to hematosis. It is indispensable to all animals, ... By interrupting the process of hematosis, and not by suspending the ..."

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