| anemia | | |
| n. (state) | 1. anaemia, anemia | a deficiency of red blood cells. |
| ~ aplastic anaemia, aplastic anemia | anemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow; can be caused by neoplasm or by toxic exposure. |
| ~ erythroblastosis fetalis | severe anemia in newborn babies; the result of Rh incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood; typically occurs when the child of an Rh-negative mother inherits Rh-positive blood from the father; can be diagnosed before birth by amniocentesis. |
| ~ congenital pancytopenia, fanconi's anaemia, fanconi's anemia | a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow. |
| ~ favism | anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency. |
| ~ haemolytic anaemia, hemolytic anemia | anemia resulting from destruction of erythrocytes. |
| ~ hyperchromic anaemia, hyperchromic anemia | anemia characterized by an increase in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin. |
| ~ hypochromic anaemia, hypochromic anemia | anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin. |
| ~ hypoplastic anaemia, hypoplastic anemia | anemia resulting from inadequately functioning bone marrow; can develop into aplastic anemia. |
| ~ iron deficiency anaemia, iron deficiency anemia | a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding. |
| ~ ischaemia, ischemia | local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism. |
| ~ macrocytic anaemia, macrocytic anemia | anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is larger than normal. |
| ~ microcytic anaemia, microcytic anemia | anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is smaller than normal. |
| ~ malignant anaemia, malignant anemia, pernicious anaemia, pernicious anemia | a chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12). |
| ~ refractory anaemia, refractory anemia | 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). |
| ~ crescent-cell anaemia, crescent-cell anemia, drepanocytic anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell disease | a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape. |
| ~ blood disease, blood disorder | a disease or disorder of the blood. |
| n. (state) | 2. anaemia, anemia | a lack of vitality. |
| ~ symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease. |
| n. (plant) | 3. anemia, genus anemia | genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America. |
| ~ family schizaeaceae, schizaeaceae | small family of mainly tropical ferns. |
| ~ anemia adiantifolia, pine fern | fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs. |
| ~ fern genus | genera of ferns and fern allies. |
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