後綴-aemia,-haemia,-emia,-hemia = A substance present in the blood, especially in excess
-aemia Also -haemia. In US -emia and -hemia.
[Modern Latin, from Greek -aimia, from haima, blood.]
A substantial number of such terms exist, mostly from medicine, though a few relate to veterinary ailments. Forms in -haemia appear after a stem that ends in p, t, or k, but are rare. Most words in -aemia can have associated adjectives in -aemic that describe the condition or a person exhibiting it (anaemic, leukaemic).
Examples of words in -aemia
Word origins are from Greek unless otherwise stated.
| anaemia | a deficiency of red blood cells or haemoglobin in the blood | a-, without |
| bacteraemia | the presence of bacteria in the blood | English bacterium |
| enterotoxaemia | mostly in veterinary medicine, blood poisoning caused by an enterotoxin | English enterotoxin |
| glycaemia | the presence of glucose in the blood | glukus, sweet |
| hyperglycaemia | an excess of glucose in the bloodstream, often associated with diabetes mellitus | huper, over or beyond, plus glycaemia |
| hypoglycaemia | deficiency of glucose in the bloodstream | hupo, under, plus glycaemia |
| ischaemia | an inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body, especially the heart muscles | iskhein, keep back |
| leukaemia | a malignant progressive disease in which the bone marrow and other blood-forming organs produce increased numbers of immature or abnormal leucocytes | leukos, white |
| septicaemia | blood poisoning, especially that caused by bacteria or their toxins | sēptikos, septic |
| toxaemia | blood poisoning by toxins from a local bacterial infection | toxikon, poison |
| uraemia | a raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds | ouron, urine |
| viraemia | the presence of viruses in the blood | English virus |