anaemia

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A form of 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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Meanings

nounanaemia (countable and uncountable, plural anaemias)

plural anaemias

  1. CommonwealthalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of anemia.

    But two of the drugs conventionally administered caused anaemia, which needed to be countered by blood transfusion.

    2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 120

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna lack of vitality

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symptom

nouna deficiency of red blood cells

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blood diseaseblood disorder
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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Chicago

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