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-emia

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 haǐma) 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.]

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-emia

medical suffix, "condition of the blood," from comb. form of Gk. haima (gen. haimatos) "blood," possibly from PIE base *sai- "thick liquid."

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

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