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hypohemia

hypohemia noun: a deficiency of blood.

Noun

hypohemia (uncountable)

  1. A deficiency of blood.
    • Mr. Burns is suffering from what we medical men call hypohemia. In laymen’s terms it’s quite simply a lack of blood.1991, George Meyer, 2:37 from the start, in Blood Feud (The Simpsons), season 2, episode 22, spoken by Julius Hibbert (Harry Shearer), 20th Century Fox
    Synonyms:
    hypovolemia

Synonyms of hypohemia

Forms of hypohemia

alternative formhypohaemia
alternative formhypohæmia

Questions about hypohemia

What does hypohemia mean?
Hypohemia means a deficiency of blood.
What part of speech is hypohemia?
Hypohemia is a noun.

Words near hypohemia in the dictionary

  1. hypohaploids
  2. hypohaploidy
  3. hypohaptoglobinaemia
  4. hypohaptoglobinemia
  5. hypohedonia
  6. hypohemia
  7. hypohemoglobinemia
  8. hypohidrosis
  9. hypohidrotic
  10. hypohyal
  11. hypohyaline

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