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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.


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

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