后綴-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