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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- hemophilia
- 1854 (in anglicized form hæmophily), from Ger. hämophile, coined 1828 by German physician Johann Lucas Schönlein (1793-1864), from Gk. haima "blood" (see -emia) + philia "to love" (see -philia), here with a sense of "tendency to."
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- -emia
- word-forming element in medicine meaning "condition of the blood," Modern Latin comb. form of Gk. haima (gen. haimatos) "blood," possibly from PIE root *sai- "thick liquid."
- -philia
- word-forming element meaning "friendship, fondness, tendency toward," and in recent use "abnormal attraction to," from Gk. philia "affection," from philos "loving," of uncertain origin. Related: -philic.
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