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melanaemia

melanaemia noun: a morbid state in which the blood contains black pigment, either floating freely or embedded in the white blood cells; either a disease or a sign of one, ambiguously.

Noun

melanaemia (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A morbid state in which the blood contains black pigment, either floating freely or embedded in the white blood cells; either a disease or a sign of one, ambiguously.

Forms of melanaemia

alternative formmelanemia

Origin of melanaemia

Medical English, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek roots; by surface analysis, melan(o)- + -aemia, "black blood" or "dark blood".

Words formed from melanaemia

Questions about melanaemia

What does melanaemia mean?
Melanaemia means a morbid state in which the blood contains black pigment, either floating freely or embedded in the white blood cells; either a disease or a sign of one, ambiguously.
What part of speech is melanaemia?
Melanaemia is a noun.

Words near melanaemia in the dictionary

  1. Melampus
  2. melampyrin
  3. melampyrine
  4. melampyrite
  5. Melan
  6. melanaemia
  7. melanaemic
  8. melanagogue
  9. melanagogues
  10. melanaphore
  11. melanate

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