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Definition of: anemia
(ə·nē′mē·ə) noun
A general or local deficiency in the amount or quality of red blood corpuscles or of hemoglobin in the blood or of both. Also spelled anaemia. [< NL < Gk. anaimia < an- without + haima blood]
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