Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hemocathartic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hemo-cathar-tic
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That serves to cleanse the blood.

Example Sentences

"Apart from the fact that a hemocathartic or detoxicating influence of bloodletting has never been fully demonstrated, the suddenness of the relief afforded in uremia stamps depletion as a mechanical or physical therapeutic agent."
"As a blood treatment apparatus for the treatment of an HIV-infected disease, an external circulation apparatus composed in combination of a direct haemoperfusion column (capacity: about 335 ml) packed with cellulose acetate beads (220 g; diameter: 2 mm) and an adsorption-type haemocathartic apparatus (“ADAMONITOR MM6-P”, tradename; manufactured by Otsuka Denshi K.K.) was used [clinical Study on Use of Granulocyte-Removing Apparatus (G-1) for Chronic Rheumatism”, Ensho (Inflammation), 17(1), 57-80 (1997)]."
"A hemocathartic column and apparatus, in which a column containing an adsorber capable of adsorbing and removing impurity components in blood […]"

Etymology

From hemo- + cathartic.

Inflected Forms

more hemocathartic (comparative) most hemocathartic (superlative) haemocathartic (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

hemocatharsis

Questions

What does hemocathartic mean?: That serves to cleanse the blood.
Where does hemocathartic come from?: From hemo- + cathartic.

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