English > anemia: 3 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | A deficiency of red blood cells. |
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| Synonym | anaemia |
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| Narrower | Fanconi's anemia, Fanconi's anaemia, congenital pancytopenia | A rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow |
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| aplastic anemia, aplastic anaemia | anemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow |
| erythroblastosis fetalis | severe anemia in newborn babies |
| favism | anemia resulting from eating fava beans |
| hemolytic anemia, haemolytic anaemia | anemia resulting from destruction of erythrocytes |
| hyperchromic anemia, hyperchromic anaemia | anemia characterized by an increase / increase / increase in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin |
| hypochromic anemia, hypochromic anaemia | anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin |
| hypoplastic anemia, hypoplastic anaemia | anemia resulting from inadequately functioning bone marrow |
| iron deficiency anemia, iron deficiency anaemia | A form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet / diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding |
| ischemia, ischaemia | Local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism |
| macrocytic anemia, macrocytic anaemia | anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is larger / larger than normal |
| microcytic anemia, microcytic anaemia | anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is smaller than normal |
| pernicious anemia, pernicious anaemia, malignant anemia, malignant anaemia | A chronic progressive anemia of older adults |
| refractory anemia, refractory anaemia | Any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease) |
| sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent-cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia | A congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks |
| Broader | blood disease, blood disorder | A disease or disorder of the blood |
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| Spanish | anemia |
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| Catalan | anemia, anèmia |
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| Adjectives | anemic, anaemic | relating to anemia or suffering from anemia |
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