-haemia
chiefly british
variant of -hemia:
leukocythaemia.
-aemia
combining form
denoting blood, esp a specified condition of the blood in names of diseases leukaemia
word origin
-haemia
combining form
variants of -aemia
-haemia suff.
variant of -emia.
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adjective having hair as specified long-haired
- -handed
adjective having a hand or hands as specified broad-handed, a four-handed game of cards made as specified for either left- or right-hand operation or positioning
- -head
a native english suffix meaning “state of being” (godhead; maidenhead), occurring in words now mostly archaic or obsolete, many being superseded by forms in -hood. -head combining form indicating a person having a preoccupation as specified breadhead -head combining word addicted to or using the narcotic specified: acidhead/ pothead (1911+ narcotics)
- -headed
-headed combining word having a head, esp a mind, of the specified defective sort (1386+) related terms airheaded, balloonheaded, bigheaded, boneheaded, bullheaded, fatheaded, flatheaded, meatheaded, mush-headed, muttonheaded, numbheaded, pigheaded, pinheaded, pointy-headed, woolly-headed
- -hearted
adjective having a heart or disposition as specified good-hearted, cold-hearted, great-hearted, heavy-hearted