(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.

plural of anemia

plural of anemia

(pathology) A severe form of anemia caused by vitamin B₁₂ insufficiency.

plural of pernicious anemia

A rare genetic disease typically leading to acute myelogenous leukemia, and often accompanied by congenital defects such as short stature, abnormalities of the skin, arms, head, eyes, kidneys, and ears, and developmental disabilities.

(medicine, hematology) A rare disease in which the bone marrow and the hematopoietic stem cells that reside there are damaged, causing pancytopenia.

(Canada, US) A disease characterized by sickle-shaped red blood cells.

A congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy.

(rare) Characteristic of anemias; anemic.