Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

hematogenous

[hee-muh-toj-uh-nuh s, hem-uh-]
adjective
  1. originating in the blood.
  2. producing blood or components of blood.
  3. distributed or spread by way of the bloodstream, as in metastases of tumors or in infections; blood-borne.
Show More

Origin of hematogenous

First recorded in 1865–70; hemato- + -genous
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
hematogenous in Medicine

hematogenous

(hē′mə-tŏj′ə-nəs)
adj.
  1. Producing blood.
  2. Originating in or spread by the blood.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.