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English
Etymology
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 .
Pronunciation
Noun
anemia (countable and uncountable , plural anemias or anemiae or anemiæ )
( 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.
( countable , pathology ) A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.
Pernicious anemia and sickle-cell anemia are two anemias .
( obsolete ) Ischemia .
Usage notes
In 21st century medical terminology, anemia never means ischemia, although in 19th through mid-20th century medical usage, it sometimes did.
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Translations
medical condition with decreased oxygen transport
Albanian: anemi (sq) , pagjakësia
Arabic: فَقْر دَم m ( faqr dam )
Armenian: սակավարյունություն (hy) ( sakavaryunutʻyun )
Assamese: ৰক্তহীনতা ( roktohinota )
Asturian: anemia f
Bengali: রক্তশূন্যতা (bn) ( roktośunnota )
Bulgarian: анемия (bg) ( anemija ) , малокръвие ( malokrǎvie )
Burmese: ဖျော့တော့နာ (my) ( hpyau.tau.na )
Catalan: anèmia (ca) f
Cebuano: kalungsi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貧血 / 贫血 (zh) ( pínxuè )
Czech: chudokrevnost (cs) f
Danish: blodmangel (da)
Dhivehi: ލޭމަދުވުން ( lēmaduvun̊ )
Dutch: anemie (nl) f , bloedarmoede (nl) f or m
Esperanto: anemio
Estonian: kehvveresus
Finnish: anemia (fi) , vähäverisyys (fi) , heikkoverisyys , verenvähyys
French: anémie (fr) f
Galician: anemia f
Georgian: ანემია ( anemia )
German: Anämie (de) f , Blutarmut (de) f , Blutmangel (de) m
Greek: αναιμία (el) ( anaimía )
Greenlandic: aakilliorneq
Gujarati: રક્તક્ષીણતા f ( raktakṣīṇtā )
Hawaiian: koko hōwai , ʻīkoko ( rare )
Hindi: रक्ताल्पता ( raktālpatā )
Hungarian: vérszegénység (hu) , anémia (hu)
Icelandic: blóðleysi (is) n , blóðskortur m
Indonesian: anemia (id)
Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᒡᓗᒃᑐᖅ ( aocloktoq )
Irish: anaemacht f , ainéime f , neamhfholacht f
Italian: anemia (it) f
Japanese: 貧血 (ja) ( ひんけつ, hinketsu ) , 貧血症 ( ひんけつしょう, hinketsushō )
Kannada: ರಕ್ತಹೀನತೆ (kn) ( raktahīnate )
Kashubian: schniączka
Korean: 빈혈(貧血) (ko) ( binhyeol )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kêmxwînî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: аз кандуулук ( az kanduuluk )
Latvian: mazasinība
Lithuanian: mažakraujystė
Malagasy: kôtsatra (mg) , lany ra
Malayalam: വിളർച്ച ( viḷaṟcca ) , രക്തക്കുറവ് ( raktakkuṟav )
Maltese: anemija f
Manx: aneemaght f
Maori: mate rino iti
Nepali: रक्त अल्पता ( rakta alpatā )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blodmagel m , anemi m
Nynorsk: blodmagel m
Odia: ରକ୍ତହୀନତା ( raktahinatā )
Pashto: کم خوني
Persian: کمخونی ( kamxuni )
Plains Cree: ᓀᓱᒥᐦᑯᐦᐊᐢᐱᓀᐃᐧᐣ ( nesomihkohaspinewin )
Polish: anemia (pl) f , niedokrwistość (pl)
Portuguese: anemia (pt) f
Romanian: anemie (ro) f
Russian: анеми́я (ru) f ( anemíja ) , малокро́вие (ru) n ( malokróvije )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: анѐмија f , (please verify ) малокрвност
Roman: anèmija (sh) f
Severn Ojibwa: ᑳᐸᑭᓵᑲᒥᔅᑴᓭᒡ ( kaapakisaakamiskwesech )
Sinhalese: ලේ අඩුකම ( lē aḍukama )
Slovak: chudokrvnosť
Slovene: slabokŕvnost
Southern East Cree: ᓵᐸᑲᒥᐦᑴᐤ ( saapakamihkwew )
Spanish: anemia (es) f
Swahili: safura , anemia
Swedish: anemi (sv) , blodbrist (sv)
Tamil: குருதிச்சோகை ( kuruticcōkai ) , இரத்தசோகை ( irattacōkai )
Telugu: రక్తహీనత (te) ( raktahīnata )
Thai: โลหิตจาง ( loo-hìt-jaang )
Turkish: kansızlık (tr) , anemi (tr)
Ukrainian: анемі́я (uk) f ( anemíja ) , недокрів'я n ( nedokrivʺja ) , малокрів'я n ( malokrivʺja ) ( rare )
Vietnamese: thiếu máu (vi)
Welsh: anemia m
disease of condition with anemia as symptom
See also
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
anemia f (uncountable )
anemia ( medical condition with decreased oxygen transport )
Esperanto
Etymology
From anemio + -a .
Pronunciation
Adjective
anemia (accusative singular anemian , plural anemiaj , accusative plural anemiajn )
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.
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English anemia ), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία ( anaimía ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
anemia
anemia
pernisiöösi anemia ― pernicious anemia
Declension
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch anemie , from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία ( anaimía ) , ἀν- ( an- , “ not ” ) + αἷμα ( haîma , “ blood ” ) + -ia .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ,
Hyphenation: ané‧mia
Noun
anémia (uncountable )
( hematology , pathology ) anemia
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Further reading
Interlingua
Noun
anemia (plural anemias )
anemia
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /a.neˈmi.a/
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: a‧ne‧mì‧a
Noun
anemia f (plural anemie )
( pathology ) anemia
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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία ( anaimía ) .[ 1] By surface analysis , an- + -emia . First attested in the 19th century.[ 2]
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aˈnɛ.mja/
Rhymes: -ɛmja
Syllabification: a‧ne‧mia
Noun
anemia f
( pathology ) anemia
Synonym: niedokrwistość
ciężka/silna anemia ― severe anemia
zapobiegać anemii ― to prevent anemia
leczyć anemię ― to treat anemia
zwalczać anemii ― to combat anemia
Declension
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀναιμία ( anaimía ) , from ἀν- ( an- , “ not ” ) + αἷμα ( haîma , “ blood ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
anemia f (plural anemias )
( pathology ) anemia ( medical condition with decreased oxygen transport )
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French anémier .
Verb
a anemia (third-person singular present anemiează , past participle anemiat ) 1st conjugation
to make, or to become anemic
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναιμία ( anaimía ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aˈnemja/
Rhymes: -emja
Syllabification: a‧ne‧mia
Noun
anemia f (plural anemias )
( pathology ) anemia
Derived terms
Further reading
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English anemia .
Pronunciation
Noun
anemia class IX (plural anemia class X )
anemia