-emia(word root) bloodExamples of words with the root -emia: anemiaAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree-emia or -hemia also -aemia or -haemiasuff. Blood: leukemia.[New Latin, from Greek -aimi?, from haima, blood.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-emia n combining form a US variant of -aemia Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-emia or -aemia, a combining form occurring in words that denote a blood condition, as specified by the initial element: hyperemia. [