-emia


  1. a combining form occurring in compound words that denote a condition of the blood, as specified by the initial element: hyperemia.

Origin of -emia

1
<New Latin <Greek -(h)aimía (as in anaimía want of blood), equivalent to haim- (stem of haîma) blood + -ia-ia

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How to use -emia in a sentence

  • Moses indeed calls this belt Albaneth; but we have learned from the Babylonians to call it Emia, for so it is by them called.

    The Antiquities of the Jews | Flavius Josephus

British Dictionary definitions for -emia

-emia

n combining form
  1. a US variant of -aemia

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