-haemia-hemiacomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g.
thrombocythaemia n.Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French -hémie; Greek -αιμία.
Etymology: < French -hémie (in e.g. pyohémie (see pyohaemia n. at pyo- comb. form ), hydrohémie hydrohaemia n.) and its etymon ancient Greek -αιμία (in e.g. πολυαιμία polyaemia n.) < αἷμα blood (see haemo- comb. form) + -ία -ia suffix1. Compare German -hämie . Compare -aemia suffix.Apparently earliest in the 18th cent. in the isolated early formation liphaemia n.; subsequently in the mid 19th cent. in e.g. pyohaemia n. at pyo- comb. form , hydrohaemia n., piarhaemia n.
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