ANAEMIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

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Meaning:

A deficiency of red blood cells

Synonyms:

anaemia; anemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anaemia" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anaemia"):

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)

Derivation:

anaemic (relating to anemia or suffering from anemia)

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