Converse of object

• diagnose: How does the doctor diagnose anemia due to a lack of folic acid?

• treat: Well diluted tincture in very small amounts has been used to treat anemia.

• cause: A lack of these in the diet can cause anemia.

• prevent: Prevention The best way to prevent anemia is to eat a healthy, balanced diet.

• indicate: A smooth, reddish tongue can indicate anemia or poor diet.

Adjective modifier

• aplastic: The patient suffered from severe aplastic anemia - failure of the bone marrow, which could only be cured by a bone marrow transplant.

• haemolytic: Haemolytic anemia may be treated by removing the spleen where most of the red cell destruction occurs.

• pernicious: She died 26 March 1932 of pernicious anemia, aged 49 years.

• megaloblastic: A lack of folic acid, leads to megaloblastic anemia.

• microcytic: A full blood count should also be taken in patients with high plasma aluminum to check for microcytic hypochromic anemia caused by the aluminum.

• hypochromic: A full blood count should also be taken in patients with high plasma aluminum to check for microcytic hypochromic anemia caused by the aluminum.

Modifies a noun

• virus: Immunosuppressive agents such as chick anemia virus, Gumboro disease or Mareks disease, or more general physiological stress, may all be factors.

Preposition: during

• pregnancy: What can be done to avoid anemia during pregnancy?

Noun used with modifier

• sickle: He died of sickle cell anemia about 12 years ago.

• iron-deficiency: Symptoms People with iron-deficiency anemia have symptoms caused by a low level of oxygen in the blood.

• sickle-cell: People who have AA blood can be assured that none of their children will develop sickle-cell anemia, no matter whom they marry.

• deficiency: Little evidence of iron deficiency anemia was found from total iron binding capacity.

• salmon: List I diseases are exotic to the EU: the viral disease infectious salmon anemia ( ISA ) falls into this category.

• iron: Little evidence of iron deficiency anemia was found from total iron binding capacity.

Preposition: in

• pregnancy: Iron supplements, often given to prevent or treat anemia in pregnancy, can also make constipation worse.