What it means
The ending in words about what is in the blood. anemiauh-NEE-mee-uhA lower than normal number of red blood cells or amount of hemoglobin in the blood.a- without, lacking-emia blood conditionFull entry is too few red cells or too little hemoglobin; hypoglycemiahy-poh-gly-SEE-mee-uhA blood glucose level below normal, under 70 mg/dL.hypo- belowglyc/o sugar, glucose-emia in the bloodFull entry and hyperglycemiahy-per-gly-SEE-mee-uhA blood glucose level above normal, over 100 mg/dL when fasting.hyper- aboveglyc/o sugar-emia in the bloodFull entry are low and high blood sugar; hypokalemiahy-poh-kuh-LEE-mee-uhA blood potassium level below normal, under 3.5 mEq/L.hypo- belowkal potassium (from its Latin name, kalium)-emia in the bloodFull entry , hyponatremiahy-poh-nuh-TREE-mee-uhA blood sodium level below normal, under 135 mEq/L.hypo- belownatr sodium (from its Latin name, natrium)-emia in the bloodFull entry and hypernatremiahy-per-nuh-TREE-mee-uhA blood sodium level above normal, over 145 mEq/L.hyper- abovenatr sodium (from its Latin name, natrium)-emia in the bloodFull entry name potassium and sodium levels; hypoxemiahy-pok-SEE-mee-uhA level of oxygen in the blood below normal.hypo- belowox oxygen-emia in the bloodFull entry is low oxygen in the blood. Read the part in front of -emia to know what is in the blood and whether there is too much or too little.
Remember it
-emia sounds like the end of "anemia": it is always about the blood.
Related terms
anemia
A lower than normal number of red blood cells or amount of hemoglobin in the blood.
hem/o
A word part that means blood.
hypo-
A word beginning that means under, below or less than normal.
hypoxemia
A level of oxygen in the blood below normal.
hyper-
A word beginning that means above, over or more than normal.