-haemia

American  

Chiefly British.

1. variant of -hemia.

   leukocythaemia.

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-haemia British  

combining form

1. variants of -aemia

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Usage

What does -haemia mean? The combining form -haemia 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 -haemia ultimately comes from the Greek haîma, meaning “blood.” 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, -haemia has been written as -hæmia, featuring a ligature of the a and e. The Greek root 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 -haemia) 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.