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.
Other meanings
A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.
“Pernicious anemia and sickle-cell anemia are two anemias.”
Related words
- anemial
- anemious
- antianemia
- pseudoanemia
- Addison's anemia
- Biermer's anemia
- miner's anemia
- achlorhydric anemia
- acquired hemolytic anemia
- anemic
- aplastic anemia
- Mediterranean anemia
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἀναιμία".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “anemia” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.