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-aemia

  1. variant of -emia:

    anaemia.



-aemia

combining form

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

    leukaemia

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of -aemia1

New Latin, from Greek -aimia, from haima blood

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