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anemia

[uh-nee-mee-uh] / əˈni mi ə /


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Bell could discern a soldier by his gait and diagnose anemia from the stain on a shirt cuff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

People with the disease can develop severe anemia, experience frequent infections, and need repeated blood transfusions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The eagle is under veterinary care at the Ojai Raptor Center, and despite showing signs of improvement in her anemia last week, her packed cell volume has dropped to 13%, down from 17%.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

An aging population and chronic economic anemia raise questions about whether Tokyo ever will repay the debt, a worry that all else being equal suppresses demand for Japanese assets and thus the yen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

But sickle-cell anemia must have seemed the strangest—for it was hereditary, often appeared in fits and starts, and was accompanied by sudden, wrenching bouts of pain in the bones, joints, and chest.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Vitamin-deficient anemias generally involve insufficient vitamin B12 and folate.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Various disease processes also can lead to anemias.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The effects of the various anemias are widespread, because reduced numbers of RBCs or hemoglobin will result in lower levels of oxygen being delivered to body tissues.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

No less than 50% of all blood-destroying anemias acquired after infancy, he believes, are the results of autoimmune reactions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Termed pandu roga in Sanskrit, anemias were further subdivided into categories.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee


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