anemia

1. A deficiency of red blood cells (synset 114218797)
   is a type of: blood disease, blood disorder - a disease or disorder of the blood
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • congenital pancytopenia, fanconi's anaemia, fanconi's anemia - 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
   • 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
   • ischaemia, ischemia - local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism
   • 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)
   • 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)
   • 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
   same as: anaemia
2. A lack of vitality (synset 114396143)
   is a type of: symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
   same as: anaemia
3. Genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds;
   Chiefly of tropical America (synset 112976399)
   is a type of: fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies
   member holonym: anemia adiantifolia, pine fern - fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs
   belongs to: family schizaeaceae, schizaeaceae - small family of mainly tropical ferns
   same as: genus anemia

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