- a US variant of -aemia
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
-emia,
- a combining form occurring in compound words that denote a condition of the blood, as specified by the initial element:hyperemia.
- Greek -(h)aimía (as in anaimía want of blood), equivalent. to haim- (stem of haîma) blood + -ia -ia
- Neo-Latin
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-emia n combining form
'-emia' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-aemia
- ischaemia
- abetalipoproteinemia
- acetonemia
- agammaglobulinemia
- alkalemia
- anemia
- anhydremia
- anoxemia
- azotemia
- bacillemia
- bacteremia
- cholesterolemia
- copremia
- emu
- galactosemia
- glycemia
- -hemia
- hydremia
- hyperbilirubinemia
- hypercalcemia
- hypercholesterolemia
- hyperemia
- hyperkalemia
- hyperlipoproteinemia
- hypernatremia
- hyperoxemia
- hyperpotassemia
- hyperuricemia
- hypoalbuminemia
- hypocalcemia
- hypocholesteremia
- hypoglycemia
- hypokalemia
- hypopotassemia
- hypoproteinemia
- hypoxemia
- ischemia
- ketonemia
- leukemia
- lipemia
- lithemia
- pyemia
- thalassemia
- toxemia
- tularemia
- tyrosinemia
- uremia
- uricacidemia
- viremia