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Hematospermia spuria
Hematospermia coming from the prostatic urethra.
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Hematopoietin
Any growth factor that influences the development of blood cells.
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Hematopoietic system
The blood-forming tissues and organs of the body. It includes the bone marrow, spleen, and lymphatic tissue. The hematopoietic system, responsible for the generation of blood cells in the body.
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Hematopoietic malignancies
Cancers that arise from unregulated clonal proliferation of hematopoietic stem cells, such as leukemia and lymphoma. In these disorders, genetically abnormal blood-forming cells (derived from precursors of granulocytes, lymphocytes, platelets, or red blood cells) reproduce in an unchecked fashion, consume nutrients, infiltrate various tissues, and replace the body’s normally functioning cells.
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Extramedullary hematopoiesis
The production of blood cells in tissues other than bone marrow (e.g., in the liver or spleen), which occurs in severe anemia and other diseases affecting the blood,
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Hematopericardium
A bloody effusion into the pericardium.
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Hematopathology
The study of pathologic conditions of the blood.
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Hematomyelitis
An inflammation of the spinal cord accompanied by bloody effusion.
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Hematomphalocele
The effusion of blood into an umbilical hernia.
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Vulvar hematoma
Extravasation of blood into the soft tissues of the external female genitalia. The bleeding may occur after childbirth or as a result of trauma (e.g., rape trauma). Postpartum bleeding usually is due to the shearing of submucosal tissues during a difficult or forceps-assisted delivery.
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