Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pathological deficiency in the oxygen-carrying component of the blood, measured in unit volume concentrations of hemoglobin, red blood cell volume, or red blood cell number.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a deficiency of blood in a living body.
- noun A genus of small, simply pinnate or decompound, schizæaceous ferns, characterized by having the ovate, sessile sporangia borne biserially upon the two elongate, rachiform-paniculate, lowermost pinnæ, or, if the genus is accepted in a wide sense, sometimes upon separate fertile fronds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable, pathology A
medical condition in which thecapacity of theblood to transportoxygen to thetissues isreduced , either because of too fewred blood cells , or because of too littlehemoglobin , resulting in pallor and fatigue. - noun countable, pathology A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a deficiency of red blood cells
- noun a lack of vitality
- noun genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I think a piece of it might be short-term anemia, which is apparently a side effect for adults with Fifth Disease, and then of course there are the aching joints which come and go.
Archive 2007-03-01 Becca 2007
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I think a piece of it might be short-term anemia, which is apparently a side effect for adults with Fifth Disease, and then of course there are the aching joints which come and go.
On the Value of Convalescence Becca 2007
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Sickle cell anemia is overrepresented among the AA population here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Sickle cell anemia is overrepresented among the AA population here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Sickle cell anemia is overrepresented among the AA population here.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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Tiredness from anemia is a very real phenomenon from which many cancer patients suffer, either because the disease has infiltrated the bone marrow, where blood cells are formed, or as a side effect of treatment.
Dr. Elaine Schattner: Breast Cancer Fatigue Syndrome Is Harmful to Patients Dr. Elaine Schattner 2010
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Without a transplant, the average life expectancy for a child with Fanconi anemia is 14 to 16, Flynn says.
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Everything is all right, but I have something that they call anemia, an effect without a tangible cause, a breakdown which has been threatening for several years, and which became noticeable at Palaiseau, after my return from Croisset.
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Patients with liver diseases usually have a normal or low red blood cell count the latter condition is called anemia.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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Low red blood cells is a sign of many chronic illnesses and, in some cases, is called the anemia of chronic disease.
THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994
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