Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0078 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-emia: Blood Condition
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The idea
The suffix emia names a condition of the blood described by its root.
In practice
Leukemia is a condition of white blood cells in the blood.
Where people slip
Emia names what is in the blood, not the organ producing it.
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