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-haemia

 
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Chiefly British.
var. of -hemia: leukocythaemia.

-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 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.]
-haemia  
suff.  Variant of -emia.
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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."
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-emia or -hemia or -aemia or -haemia
suff.
Blood: leukemia.

-haemia suff.
Variant of -emia.

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