-aemia

English

Alternative forms

• -æmia (chiefly dated)
• -emia (North American)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă)bor.

English -aemia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”).

Suffix

-aemia

1. (British spelling, medicine) Blood; presence in blood (of a substance denoted by an affixed combining form); state or condition of the blood.

Coordinate terms

• -uria (urine; presence in urine; state or condition of urine)

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -aemia

acatalasaemia

acidaemia

alcoholaemia

alkalaemia

ammonaemia

analbuminaemia

anoxaemia

bacteraemia

bacteriaemia

bilirubinaemia

calcaemia

carbonæmia

chloridaemia

cholaemia

cryofibrinogenaemia

dyselectrolytaemia

dysgammaglobulinaemia

dyslipoproteinaemia

dysproteinaemia

ferritinaemia

gaffkaemia

gametocytaemia

glycaemia

haptoglobinaemia

hydraemia

hypalbuminemia

hyperaemia

hyperamylinaemia

hyperindicanaemia

hyperketonaemia

hyperlipidaemia

hyperlipoidaemia

hyperlipoproteinaemia

hyperphosphataemia

hyperprolactinaemia

hypertriglyceridaemia

hyperuricaemia

hypocholesterolaemia

hypolipidaemia

hypouricaemia

insulinaemia

ketonaemia

lacticaemia

lithaemia

magnesaemia

melanaemia

natraemia

prionaemia

procalcitoninaemia

sapraemia

spanaemia

tyrosinaemia

Related terms

• haemo- (and its derivatives)

Translations

condition of the blood

• Catalan: -èmia (ca) f
• Danish: -æmi c
• Dutch: -emie (nl) f
• French: -émie (fr) f
• German: -ämie (de) f
• Italian: -emia (it) f
• Polish: -emia (pl) f
• Portuguese: -emia (pt) f
• Romanian: -emie f
• Spanish: -emia f

See also

• -haemia
• -hemia