ANAEMIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does anaemia mean? 

• ANAEMIA (noun)
  The noun ANAEMIA has 2 senses:

1. a lack of vitality

2. a deficiency of red blood cells

  Familiarity information: ANAEMIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANAEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lack of vitality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anaemia; anemia

Hypernyms ("anaemia" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Derivation:

anaemic (lacking vigor or energy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A deficiency of red blood cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anaemia; anemia

Hypernyms ("anaemia" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anaemia"):

aplastic anaemia; aplastic anemia (anemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow; can be caused by neoplasm or by toxic exposure)

erythroblastosis fetalis (severe anemia in newborn babies; the result of Rh incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood; typically occurs when the child of an Rh-negative mother inherits Rh-positive blood from the father; can be diagnosed before birth by amniocentesis)

congenital pancytopenia; Fanconi's anaemia; Fanconi's anemia (a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow)

favism (anemia resulting from eating fava beans; victims have an inherited blood abnormality and enzyme deficiency)

haemolytic anaemia; hemolytic anemia (anemia resulting from destruction of erythrocytes)

hyperchromic anaemia; hyperchromic anemia (anemia characterized by an increase in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin)

hypochromic anaemia; hypochromic anemia (anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin)

hypoplastic anaemia; hypoplastic anemia (anemia resulting from inadequately functioning bone marrow; can develop into aplastic anemia)

iron deficiency anaemia; iron deficiency anemia (a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding)

ischaemia; ischemia (local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism)

macrocytic anaemia; macrocytic anemia (anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is larger than normal)

microcytic anaemia; microcytic anemia (anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is smaller than normal)

malignant anaemia; malignant anemia; pernicious anaemia; pernicious anemia (a chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12))

refractory anaemia; refractory anemia (any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease))

crescent-cell anaemia; crescent-cell anemia; drepanocytic anaemia; drepanocytic anemia; sickle-cell anaemia; sickle-cell anemia; sickle-cell disease (a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape)

Derivation:

anaemic (relating to anemia or suffering from anemia)

 Context examples 

The new approach can be useful to diagnose infectious disorders associated with anaemia (such as malaria) and to screen for genetic anaemias such as thalassemia and sickle cell disease.

(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)

Derek Headey, the study’s lead author and a senior research scientist at the International Food Policy Research Institute, United States, said: There are about two billion people with micronutrient deficiencies such as anaemia, and several hundred million very young and vulnerable children suffering from stunted growth globally.

(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)

Anaemic blood transmits more light compared to normal blood, so the severity of anaemia can be measured as a ratio of transmitted to original light intensity.

(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)

Anaemia, a disease caused by low concentration of haemoglobin in red blood cells, results primarily from a lack of iron in the diet but can co-occur with other conditions, such as malaria or genetic disorders.

(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)

A new way to detect anaemia that relies on optical light absorbance to measure haemoglobin levels using whole blood in a microfluidic device is claimed by researchers to be a vast improvement over existing tests that require hemolysis (rupturing) of blood samples and lab facilities.

(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)