anemia
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3.6
- noun
- /əˈniːmiə/
- Specialized
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anemia
- We're looking at a severe case of anemia.
- iron-deficiency anemia
- sickle cell anemia
- severe anemia
Eating too many of them can cause symptoms like rashes, anemia, brittle hair and fungal infections.
- Eating too many of them can cause symptoms like rashes, anemia, brittle hair and fungal infections.
- She said that the whites of his eyes were showing signs of anemia and that he had a fever.
- Individuals also might have a lower bone density or mild anemia.
- He also talks about disease and there we might have in mind something like anemia when people turn pale because of, of, you know, problems with the, the blood.
- I had I had anemia, my ferritin levels were in the tank.
- You can correct sickle cell anemia and fix that.
- They were dying of anemia, bilharzia, malaria, sepsis and mainly pulmonary and respiratory disease, pneumonia.
- The next category to avoid if you have iron deficiency anemia is most nuts and all beans, legumes and lentils.
- Should we allow this tool to be used to fight sickle cell anemia?
Examples
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She's showing signs of anemia.
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Pernicious anemia is often mistaken for cancer.
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Furthermore, anemia, kidney disease, and cancer rates are among the highest in the region.
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The symptoms are those of anemia and I'm treating her for this.
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More than 6% of girls developed iron-deficiency anemia during the study.
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Acquired hemolytic anemia is best treated by identifying and removing the cause.
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One of the complications of sepsis is the rapid development of anemia caused by hemolysis.
Academic text (2017) -
It was only a matter of years before an almost bloodless nation began to die of pernicious anemia.
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With thalassemia minor, the anemia is not severe and, again, is mistakenly diagnosed as IDA.
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A woman diagnosed with anemia often experiences severe fatigue and weakness.
Synonyms
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A health problem that affects the blood, like anemia or leukemia
A low number of red blood cells that often makes you feel tired
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.0
A condition in which bone marrow does not make enough red and white blood cells and platelets
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4.1
An inherited blood illness in which red blood cells become crescent shaped, causing low red blood cell count and pain
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5.4
A condition causing too few red blood cells because they break down fast
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6.1
A blood problem with very large, not fully grown red blood cells caused by low vitamin B12 or folic acid
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3.2
A health condition when the body lacks iron, making you tired and pale
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A long-lasting blood problem where the body cannot make enough red blood cells because it cannot take in vitamin B12
- Specialized
A severe inherited blood disease that causes almost no red blood cells and makes the heart, liver, and spleen grow
- Specialized
An inherited blood disease in which red blood cells become crescent-shaped and break early, causing pain and tiredness
- Specialized
A blood disease you are born with in which red blood cells become sickle-shaped and cause tiredness and pain
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A fern from Florida, the West Indies, and Central America that has a root stem covered in brown hairs
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A rare disease passed from parents that makes bone marrow produce too few blood cells
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A blood condition with fewer red blood cells that are larger than normal
- Archaic
A long-term low red blood cell level when the body cannot absorb vitamin B12, often in older people
- Specialized
A blood illness passed from parents that causes low red blood cells
- Archaic
A type of anemia where different blood cells change and do not work well
- Specialized
A condition in which red blood cells contain more hemoglobin than normal
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A blood condition with red blood cells that are paler because they have less hemoglobin
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A condition with low red blood cells that does not get better with usual treatments and needs blood transfusions
- Specialized
An illness where bone marrow makes weak red blood cells with too much iron so they cannot carry enough oxygen
- Specialized
A long-lasting blood condition with too few red cells and iron-rich bone marrow cells
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
anemia = an + em + ia
The word uses classical medical morphology (an- + em + -ia), but these bound morphemes are not transparent to most learners and the meaning is highly specialized.
Etymology
Anemia comes from the Greek parts an- 'without' and haima 'blood', so it literally means 'without blood'. This helps explain the medical meaning: when someone has anemia their blood has too few healthy red cells, which causes tiredness and weakness.