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anemia definition

anemia (ə nēmē ə)

noun

  1. 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.
  2. lack of vigor or vitality; lifelessness

Etymology: ModL < Gr anaimia < an-, without + haima, blood: see hemo-

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