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hypoglobulia

hypoglobulia noun: the presence of an abnormally low count of red blood cells in the blood.

Noun

hypoglobulia (uncountable)

  1. The presence of an abnormally low count of red blood cells in the blood.
    • Second : The degree of hypoglobulia and scarcity of haemoglobin varies between very wide limits. Third : These conditions occur more frequently, and to a greater degree, among females than males. Fourth : These conditions are much less […]1884, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, page 541
    • Seppilli says that in the early stages of insanity, there is frequently noticed a scarcity of the red blood globules as well as of haemoglobin ; also that the degree of hypoglobulia and scarcity of haemoglobin vary between very wide limits.1898, Frederic Bateman, On Aphasia, Or Loss of Speech: And the Localisation of the Faculty of Articulate Language, page 400

Origin of hypoglobulia

From hypo- + globule + -ia.

Questions about hypoglobulia

What does hypoglobulia mean?
Hypoglobulia means the presence of an abnormally low count of red blood cells in the blood.
What part of speech is hypoglobulia?
Hypoglobulia is a noun.

Words near hypoglobulia in the dictionary

  1. hypogeums
  2. hypogeusia
  3. hypogeusias
  4. hypoglandular
  5. hypoglaucin
  6. hypoglobulia
  7. hypoglobulinemia
  8. hypoglobulinemic
  9. hypoglobus
  10. hypoglossal
  11. hypoglossal canal

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