-emia Definition
ēmēə
suffix
Blood.
Leukemia.
American Heritage Medicine
(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of -aemia.
Wiktionary
affix
A (specified) condition or disease of the blood.
Leukemia.
Webster's New World
Origin of -emia
New Latin from Greek -aimiā from haima blood
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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ModL < Gr -aimia < haima, blood: see hemo-
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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