Definition of "anemia" []

• A pathological deficiency in the oxygen-carrying component of the blood, measured in unit volume concentrations of hemoglobin, red blood cell volume, or red blood cell number. (noun)

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• "I think a piece of it might be short-term anemia, which is apparently a side effect for adults with Fifth Disease, and then of course there are the aching joints which come and go."
• "Tiredness from anemia is a very real phenomenon from which many cancer patients suffer, either because the disease has infiltrated the bone marrow, where blood cells are formed, or as a side effect of treatment."
• "Sickle cell anemia is overrepresented among the AA population here."