anemia

• anaemia (UK)
• anæmia (UK, rare)

From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +‎ -ia; those roots are the basis of the English combining forms an- + -aemia/-emia.

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈnimi.ə/

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anemia (countable and uncountable, plural anemias or anemiae or anemiæ)

1. (American spelling, uncountable, pathology) 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.
2. (countable, pathology) A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.

   Pernicious anemia and sickle-cell anemia are two anemias.

3. (obsolete) Ischemia. [19th–mid-20th c.]

In 21st century medical terminology, anemia never means ischemia, although in 19th through mid-20th century medical usage, it sometimes did.

• → Swahili: anemia

• ischemia

• Amenia, amaine, menaia

anemia f (uncountable)

1. anemia (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport)

From anemio +‎ -a.

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• IPA^(key): [aneˈmia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧ne‧mi‧a

anemia (accusative singular anemian, plural anemiaj, accusative plural anemiajn)

1. anemic (in literal and figurative senses)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Solomon Cins (translator), Kiel ŝtalo estis hardata (Как закалялась сталь / How the Steel was Tempered) by Nikolai Ostrovsky, Book 2, Chapter 9,

     Finiĝis vintro, printempo malfermis fenestrojn, kaj anemia Korĉagin, restinta viva post la lasta operacio, komprenis, ke plu resti en la kliniko li ne povas.

     Winter came to an end, spring opened windows, and the anemic Korchagin, having survived the last operation, understood that he could no longer remain at the clinic.

   • 2003 October 1, Maurice Lemoine, “Promesitaj teroj de Venezuelo”, in Vilhelmo Lutermano, transl., Le Monde Diplomatique:

     Sur etaj unuhektaraj parceloj, kampuloj plantas anemian maizon kaj vivas de la Sankta Spirito.

     On little one-hectare plots, peasants plant anemic maize and live by the Holy Spirit.

Internationalism (see English anemia), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnemiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ne̞ˌmiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ne‧mi‧a

anemia

1. anemia

   pernisiöösi anemia ― pernicious anemia

• heikkoverisyys
• vähäverisyys

• “anemia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• aamein, aamien, meinaa

From Dutch anemie, from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) +‎ -ia.

• IPA^(key): [ˈanemia̯], [ˈanemi]
• Hyphenation: ané‧mia

anémia (first-person possessive anemiaku, second-person possessive anemiamu, third-person possessive anemianya)

1. (hematology, pathology) anemia

• “anemia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

anemia (plural anemias)

1. anemia

• anemic

• Rhymes: -ia
• IPA^(key): /a.neˈmi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧ne‧mì‧a

anemia f (plural anemie)

1. (pathology) anemia

• anemico

• emanai

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía).[1] By surface analysis, an- +‎ -emia. First attested in the 19th century.[2]

• IPA^(key): /aˈnɛm.ja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Syllabification: a‧nem‧ia

anemia f

1. (pathology) anemia

   Synonym: niedokrwistość

   ciężka/silna anemia ― severe anemia

   zapobiegać anemii ― to prevent anemia

   leczyć anemię ― to treat anemia

   zwalczać anemii ― to combat anemia

• anemia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• anemia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anemja”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 36
• anemia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

• Hyphenation: a‧ne‧mi‧a

anemia f (plural anemias)

1. (pathology) anemia (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport)

• anémico/anêmico

Borrowed from French anémier.

a anemia (third-person singular present anemiează, past participle anemiat) 1st conj.

1. to make, or to become anemic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία (anaimía).

• IPA^(key): /aˈnemja/ [aˈne.mja]
• Rhymes: -emja
• Syllabification: a‧ne‧mia

anemia f (plural anemias)

1. (pathology) anemia

• “anemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English anemia.

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anemia (n class, plural anemia)

1. anemia