anemia
anemia definition
anemia (ə nē′mē ə)
noun
- Med. a condition in which there is a reduction of the number, or volume, of red blood corpuscles or of the total amount of hemoglobin in the bloodstream, resulting in paleness, generalized weakness, etc.
- lack of vigor or vitality; lifelessness
Etymology: ModL < Gr anaimia < an-, without + haima, blood: see hemo-
Related Forms:
- anemic ane′mic (-mik) adjective
- anemically ane′mi·cally adverb
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