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-haemia

Chiefly British.
  1. variant of -hemia.

    leukocythaemia.



-haemia

combining form

  1. variants of -aemia

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 î, meaning “blood.” The combining form -aemia is a variant of -emia and is chiefly used in British English.Want to know more? Read our 51Թs That Use -emia article.Historically, -haemia has been written as , featuring a ligature of the a and e.The Greek root î 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 51Թs That Use articles for the forms.

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