| HEM | English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630) |
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| HEM | pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues |
| HEM | dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream |
| HEM | a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body |
| HEM | a coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia A |
| HEM | the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) |
| HEM | a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color |
| HEM | presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma |
| HEM | a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood |
| HEM | presence of hemoglobin in the urine |
| HEM | any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin |
| HEM | lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin |