anemia

Meaning

1. (US, uncountable) A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.
2. (countable) A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Ischemia.

Synonyms

anaemia

anaemic

anemic

lifelessness

hyphemia

anaemia

Translations

anémie

anemia

αναιμία

anemia

anemie

Anämie

anemia

bloedarmoede

anèmia

Blutarmut

kansızlık

anemi

anaemia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈnimi.ə/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ia; those roots are the basis of the English combining forms an- + -emia.