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anemia

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. anemia (noun)
  2. anaemia
  3. achrestic anemia (noun)
  4. antipernicious anemia factor (noun)
  5. aplastic anemia (noun)
  6. Biermer's anemia (noun)
  7. Cooley's anemia (noun)
  8. hemolytic anemia (noun)
  9. nursing anemia (noun)
  10. pernicious anemia (noun)
  11. sickle-cell anemia (noun)

ane·mia

noun \ə-ˈnē-mē-ə\

Definition of ANEMIA

1
a : a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume b : ischemia
2
: lack of vitality
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Origin of ANEMIA

New Latin, from Greek anaimia bloodlessness, from a- + -aimia -emia
First Known Use: 1824

Other Physiology Terms

eructation, flux, gustatory, menarche, myopia, senescence, torpor

Rhymes with ANEMIA

bohemia, Bohemia, leukemia, toxemia, uremia

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