-e·mia noun combining form or-ae·mia\ˈēmēə, esp Brit ˈēmyə\; also-hemiaor-haemia (-s) Etymology: New Latin -emia, -aemia, from Greek -aimia, from haima blood + -ia -y — more at hem- 1.: condition of having (such) blood < leukemia > < septicemia > 2.: condition of having (a specified thing) in the blood < cholemia > < uremia >