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-aemia

variant of -emia: anaemia.

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Words nearby -aemia

-ade, -adelphous, -ades, -aea, -aean, -aemia, -age, -agog, -agogue, -agra, -aholic
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British Dictionary definitions for -aemia

-aemia

-haemia, US -emia or US -hemia

n combining form

denoting blood, esp a specified condition of the blood in names of diseasesleukaemia

Word Origin for -aemia

New Latin, from Greek -aimia, from haima blood
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Medical definitions for -aemia

-aemia

suff.

Variant of-emia
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