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S: http://www.hematology.org/ (last access: 12 December 2013); http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Hematology.aspx (last access: 7 July 2015).

N: 1. hematology, also spelled haematology, hematology branch of medical science concerned with the nature, function, and diseases of the blood. In the 17th century, Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, using a primitive, single-lens microscope, observed red blood cells (erythrocytes) and compared their size with that of a grain of sand. In the 18th century English physiologist William Hewson amplified the description of red cells and demonstrated the role of fibrin in the clotting (coagulation) of blood. Bone marrow was recognized as the site of blood-cell formation in the 19th century, along with the first clinical descriptions of pernicious anemia, leukemia, and a number of other disorders of the blood.
2. A medical science that deals with the study of the physiology of the blood especially, of the blood-forming organs.

S: 1. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/hematology (last access: 7 July 2015). 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 7 July 2015).

SYN: 1. haematology, hemology. 2. haematology.

S: 1. GDT (last access: 7 July 2015). 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 7 July 2015).

CR: blood coagulation, complete blood count, cryoglobulinemia, stem cell transplant.