hematogenous

adjective

he·​ma·​tog·​e·​nous ˌhē-mə-ˈtä-jə-nəs 

1

: producing blood

2

: involving, spread by, or arising in the blood

hematogenous spread of infection

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

hematogenous

adjective

he·​ma·​tog·​e·​nous

variants or chiefly British haematogenous

ˌhē-mə-ˈtäj-ə-nəs 

1

: concerned with the production of blood or of one or more of its constituents

hematogenous functions of the liver

2

: taking place or spread by way of the blood

a hematogenous route of infection

hematogenous tuberculosis

hematogenously adverb

or chiefly British haematogenously