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-emia

 
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a combining form occurring in compound words that denote a condition of the blood, as specified by the initial element: hyperemia.
Also, -aemia, -haemia, -hemia.

Origin:
< NL < Gk -(h)aimía (as in anaimía want of blood), equiv. to haim- (s. of haîma) blood + -ia -ia
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-emia or -hemia also -aemia or -haemia  
suff.  Blood: leukemia.

[New Latin, from Greek -aimiā, from haima, blood.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

-emia 
medical suffix, "condition of the blood," from comb. form of Gk. haima (gen. haimatos) "blood," possibly from PIE base *sai- "thick liquid."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

-emia or -hemia or -aemia or -haemia
suff.
Blood: leukemia.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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