-aemia

American  

1. variant of -emia.

   anaemia.

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-aemia British  

combining form

1. denoting blood, esp a specified condition of the blood in names of diseases

   leukaemia

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Usage

What does -aemia mean? The combining form -aemia is used like a suffix to denote an abnormal blood condition, especially the presence of a certain kind of substance in the blood that causes disease. It is used in many medical terms, especially in pathology.The form -aemia ultimately comes from the Greek haîma, meaning “blood.” Haîma is the same Greek root that gives us the combining form hemo- meaning "blood," as in hemoblast.Variants of hemo- (and closely related to -aemia) are haem-, haema-, haemo-, haemat-, haemato-, hem-, hema-, hemat-, and hemato-. Learn more about their specific applications at our Words That Use articles for the forms.What are variants of -aemia?The combining form -aemia is a variant of -emia and is chiefly used in British English. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use -emia article.Historically, -aemia has been written as -æmia, featuring a ligature of the a and e.When combined with words or word elements ending with -p, -t, or -k, -aemia becomes -haemia, as in thrombocythaemia, or, in American English, -hemia (thrombocythemia).

Etymology

Origin of -aemia

New Latin, from Greek -aimia, from haima blood