-emia

noun combining form

Definition of -EMIA

: condition of having (such) blood <leukemia>

: condition of having (a specified thing) in the blood <uremia>

New Latin -emia, -aemia, from Greek -aimia, from haima blood

Medical Dictionary

noun combining form \ˈē-mē-ə\

: condition of having (such) blood <leukemia> <septicemia>

: condition of having (a specified thing) in the blood <cholemia> <uremia>

-emia also -he·mia \ˈhē-\ or chiefly British -ae·mia \ˈē-mē-ə\ also -hae·mia \ˈhē-\

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