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anemia.

A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.

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Meaning & usage

noun/əˈnimi.ə/US
  1. A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.

    US · uncountable
  2. A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.

    countable
    Pernicious anemia and sickle-cell anemia are two anemias.
  3. Ischemia.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) -ία (-ía). By surface analysis, an- + -emia.

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