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-emia
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| -aemia, (US) -haemia, (US) -emia or (US) -hemia | |
| —n combining form | |
| denoting blood, esp a specified condition of the blood in names of diseases: leukaemia | |
| [New Latin, from Greek -aimia, from haima blood] | |
| -haemia, (US) -haemia, (US) -emia or (US) -hemia | |
| —n combining form | |
| [New Latin, from Greek -aimia, from haima blood] | |
| -emia, (US) -haemia, (US) -emia or (US) -hemia | |
| —n combining form | |
| [New Latin, from Greek -aimia, from haima blood] | |
| -hemia, (US) -haemia, (US) -emia or (US) -hemia | |
| —n combining form | |
| [New Latin, from Greek -aimia, from haima blood] | |
| -emia | |
| —n combining form | |
| a US variant of -aemia | |
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Etymonline
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
-emia or -hemia or -aemia or -haemia
suff.
Blood: leukemia.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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