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-emia
a combining form occurring in compound words that denote a condition of the blood, as specified by the initial element.
hyperemia.
-emia
combining form
a US variant of -aemia
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Example Sentences
Standing in the Clintonville living room of Mike White and Emia Oppenheim on April 4, Fenichel, 80, explained that he normally uses a PowerPoint presentation to help the audience better visualize his experience.
Monty and Emia decided to seek citizenship for themselves and their children, too — Monty’s four and Emia’s three, ranging in age from 2 to 16.
His 16-year-old granddaughter Ezri White is starting to look ahead to college, and she learned she could study cheaply in Europe, said her mother, Emia Oppenheim.
Emia, who lives in Columbus, Ohio, sees her new citizenship as symbolic, not just practical.
But at the other end of the table, Emia’s 13-year-old son, Kaleb White, hasn’t forgotten.
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When To Use
The combining form -emia 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 -emia ultimately comes from the Greek î, meaning “blood.” Ჹî is the same Greek root that gives us the combining form hemo- meaning "blood," as in hemoblast.Variants of hemo- (and closely related to -emia) are haem-, haema-, haemo-, haemat-, haemato-, hem-, hema-, hemat-, and hemato-. Learn more about their specific applications at our 51Թs That Use articles for the forms.What are variants of -emia?The spelling -aemia is a chiefly British English variant of -emia.When combined with words or word elements ending with -p, -t, or -k, -emia becomes -hemia, as in thrombocythemia, or, in British English, -haemia (thrombocythaemia).
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