anemia - Definition | Dictionary definition of anemia

Definition of anemia

Nouns

a deficiency of red blood cells

Synonyms:: anaemia

Types:: show 22 types...; hide 22 types...; 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; Fanconi's anaemia, Fanconi's anemia, congenital pancytopenia
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; Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia, thalassaemia, thalassemia
an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of 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; chlorosis, greensickness
iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin; ischaemia, ischemia
local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism; ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke
the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel); TIA, transient ischemic attack
brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply; symptoms depend on the site of the blockage; 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); megaloblastic anaemia, megaloblastic anemia
anemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow; associated with pernicious anemia; metaplastic anaemia, metaplastic anemia
pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed; 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); sideroblastic anaemia, sideroblastic anemia, siderochrestic anaemia, siderochrestic anemia
refractory anemia characterized by sideroblasts in the bone marrow; 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

Type of:: blood disease, blood disorder
a disease or disorder of the blood

a lack of vitality

Synonyms:: anaemia

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