anemia
US/əˈnimi.ə/
anemia noun: 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.
Noun
anemia (countable and uncountable, plural anemias or anemiae or anemiæ)
- 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.
- A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.
- Pernicious anemia and sickle-cell anemia are two anemias.
- Ischemia.
anemia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
anemia in Hindi
- medical condition with decreased oxygen transport
- अरक्तता araktatā
anemia in Tamil
- medical condition with decreased oxygen transport
- குருதிச்சோகை kuruticcōkai, இரத்தசோகை irattacōkai
anemia in Marathi
- रक्तक्षय, एनिमिया
anemia in Urdu
- medical condition with decreased oxygen transport
- قلت خون qillat-e-xūn, انیمیا anīmiyā
More languagesFewer languages
- anemia in Bengali
- রক্তশূন্যতা roktośunnota
- anemia in Telugu
- రక్తహీనత raktahīnata
- anemia in Malayalam
- വിളർച്ച viḷaṟcca, രക്തക്കുറവ് raktakkuṟav
- anemia in Kannada
- ರಕ್ತಹೀನತೆ raktahīnate
- anemia in Punjabi
- ਅਨੀਮੀਆ, ਐਨੀਮੀਆ
- anemia in Gujarati
- રક્તક્ષીણતા raktakṣīṇtā
- anemia in Odia
- ରକ୍ତହୀନତା raktahinatā
- anemia in Sinhala
- ලේ අඩුකම lē aḍukama
- anemia in Assamese
- ৰক্তহীনতা roktohinota
- anemia in Nepali
- रक्त अल्पता rakta alpatā
- anemia in Pashto
- کم خوني
- anemia in Arabic
- فَقْر دَم faqr dam, أَنِيمِيَا ʔanīmiyā
- anemia in Indonesian
- anemia
- anemia in Persian
- کمخونی kamxuni
- anemia in Thai
- โลหิตจาง loo-hìt-jaang
- anemia in Vietnamese
- thiếu máu
- anemia in Myanmar
- ဖျော့တော့နာ hpyau.tau.na
- Dhivehi
- ލޭމަދުވުން lēmaduvun̊
Examples of anemia in a sentence
- Study showed that severe hemolytic anemia after childbirth was due to isoimmunization caused by an irregular antibody.
- Little Maggie, though a new victim, already suffered from “marked anemia, pot belly and dry hair.”
- Aplastic anemia (AA) secondary to radiotherapy presents a difficult situation in the treatment of both the malignant tumor and AA itself.
Forms of anemia
| plural | anemias |
|---|---|
| plural | anemiae |
| plural | anemiæ |
| alternative Commonwealth | anaemia |
| alternative form (dated) | anæmia |
Origin of anemia
From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) -ία (-ía). By surface analysis, an- + -emia.
Words formed from anemia
- achlorhydric anemia
- acquired hemolytic anemia
- Addison's anemia
- anemial
- anemic
- anemious
- anemization
- antianemia
- aplastic anemia
- autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Biermer's anemia
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia
- Fanconi anemia
- hemolytic anemia
- hyperchromic anemia
- hypochromic anemia
- Mediterranean anemia
- miner's anemia
- pernicious anemia
- pseudoanemia
- sickle-cell anemia
Questions about anemia
- What does anemia mean?
- Anemia means 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.
- What is anemia in Hindi?
- Anemia in Hindi is अरक्तता (araktatā). See Anemia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anemia?
- Anemia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce anemia?
- Anemia is pronounced /əˈnimi.ə/ (US).
- What is the plural of anemia?
- The plural of anemia is anemias.
Words near anemia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anemia (page history and authors); anemia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); anemia (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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