SINCE 1828
hemal
adjective
he·mal
variants:
or chiefly British haemal \ ˈhē-məl 
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Medical Definition of hemal
1
: of or relating to the blood or blood vessels
2
: relating to or situated on the side of the spinal cord where the heart and chief blood vessels are placed — compare neural sense 2
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