Ritzer and Goodman identify eight positive contributions that Comte made to sociology: 1  Comte coined the term sociology and may be viewed as its founder. 2  Comte thought of sociology as a positivistic science. 3  He elaborated four methods of sociology. 4  He distinguished social statics from social dynamics.
Definition of hematology. : a medical science that deals with the blood and blood-forming organs.
hemo- or hemato-. A prefix meaning blood, as in hemophilia, a disorder in which blood fails to clot, or hematology, the scientific study of blood.