anemia
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#ANEMIA ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -iaCategory:English terms suffixed with -ia#ANEMIA. By surface analysis, an- + -emiaCategory:English terms prefixed with an-#EMIACategory:English terms suffixed with -emia#ANEMIA.
Pronunciation
Noun
anemia (countable and uncountable, plural anemias or anemiae or anemiæ)Category:English lemmas#ANEMIACategory:English nouns#ANEMIACategory:English uncountable nouns#ANEMIACategory:English countable nouns#ANEMIACategory:English countable nouns#ANEMIACategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#ANEMIACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
- (American spellingCategory:American English forms#ANEMIA, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#ANEMIA, pathologyCategory:en:Pathology#ANEMIA) 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.
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#ANEMIA, pathologyCategory:en:Pathology#ANEMIA) A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.
- Pernicious anemia and sickle-cell anemia are two anemias.Category:English terms with usage examples#ANEMIA
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#ANEMIA) Ischemia. [19th–mid-20th c.]
Usage notes
- In modern medical terminology, the term anemia does not refer to ischemia. However, in medical literature from the 19th century through the mid-20th century, anemia was occasionally used to denote ischemia.
Derived terms
- achlorhydric anemia
- acquired hemolytic anemia
- Addison's anemia
- anemial
- anemic
- anemious
- antianemia
- aplastic anemia
- autoimmune hemolytic anemia
- Biermer's anemia
- Diamond-Blackfan anemia
- Fanconi anemia
- hemolytic anemia
- hyperchromic anemia
- hypochromic anemia
- Mediterranean anemia
- miner's anemia
- pernicious anemia
- pseudoanemia
- sickle-cell anemia
Descendants
- → Swahili: anemia
Translations
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See also
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
anemia f (uncountableCategory:Asturian uncountable nouns)Category:Asturian lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Asturian nouns#ANEMIACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Asturian feminine nouns#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
- anemia (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport)
Cornish
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Cornish terms borrowed from English#ANEMIACategory:Cornish terms derived from English#ANEMIA anaemia
Noun
anemia m (uncountableCategory:Cornish uncountable nouns#ANEMIA)Category:Cornish lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Cornish nouns#ANEMIACategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Cornish masculine nouns#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
References
- “anemia” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
Esperanto
Etymology
From anemio + -aCategory:Esperanto terms suffixed with -a#ANEMIA.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aneˈmia/Category:Esperanto 4-syllable words#ANEMIACategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#ANEMIA
Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#ANEMIAAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -iaCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/ia#ANEMIACategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/ia/4 syllables#ANEMIA
- Syllabification: a‧ne‧mi‧a
Adjective
anemia (accusative singular anemian, plural anemiaj, accusative plural anemiajn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Esperanto adjectives#ANEMIACategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
- anemic (in literal and figurative senses)
- (Can we date this quote?)Category:Requests for date in Esperanto entries#ANEMIA, 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.Category:Esperanto terms with quotations#ANEMIA
- On little one-hectare plots, peasants plant anemic maize and live by the Holy Spirit.
- (Can we date this quote?)Category:Requests for date in Esperanto entries#ANEMIA, Solomon Cins (translator), Kiel ŝtalo estis hardata (Как закалялась сталь / How the Steel was Tempered) by Nikolai Ostrovsky, Book 2, Chapter 9,
Further reading
- “anemia”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
Finnish
Etymology
InternationalismCategory:Finnish internationalisms#ANEMIA (see English anemia), ultimately from Ancient GreekCategory:Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek#ANEMIA ἀναιμία (anaimía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑnemiɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ne̞ˌmiɑ̝]Category:Finnish 4-syllable words#ANEMIACategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#ANEMIA
- Rhymes: -iɑCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ#ANEMIACategory:Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ/4 syllables#ANEMIA
- Syllabification(key): a‧ne‧mi‧a
- Hyphenation(key): ane‧mia
Noun
anemiaCategory:Finnish lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Finnish nouns#ANEMIACategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
- anemia
- pernisiöösi anemia ― pernicious anemiaCategory:Finnish terms with collocations#ANEMIA
Declension
| Inflection of anemia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | anemia | anemiat | |
| genitive | anemian | anemioiden anemioitten | |
| partitive | anemiaa | anemioita | |
| illative | anemiaan | anemioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | anemia | anemiat | |
| accusative | nom. | anemia | anemiat |
| gen. | anemian | ||
| genitive | anemian | anemioiden anemioitten anemiain rare | |
| partitive | anemiaa | anemioita | |
| inessive | anemiassa | anemioissa | |
| elative | anemiasta | anemioista | |
| illative | anemiaan | anemioihin | |
| adessive | anemialla | anemioilla | |
| ablative | anemialta | anemioilta | |
| allative | anemialle | anemioille | |
| essive | anemiana | anemioina | |
| translative | anemiaksi | anemioiksi | |
| abessive | anemiatta | anemioitta | |
| instructive | — | anemioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “anemia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
From DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#ANEMIACategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#ANEMIA anemie, from New LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from New Latin#ANEMIA anaemia, from Ancient GreekCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek#ANEMIA ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ια (-ia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈanemia̯], [ˈanemi]Category:Indonesian 3-syllable words#ANEMIACategory:Indonesian 3-syllable words#ANEMIACategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#ANEMIA
- Hyphenation: ané‧mia
Noun
anémia (plural anemia-anemia)Category:Indonesian lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Indonesian nouns#ANEMIACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
Derived terms
- anemia aplastik
- anemia defisiensi
- anemia defisiensi besi
- anemia gizi
- anemia gravis
- anemia hemolitik
- anemia hemolitik kongenital
- anemia hipoplastik
- anemia kronis
- anemia makrositik hiperkrom
- anemia megaloblastik
- anemia mikrositik
- anemia mikrositik normokromik
- anemia pernisiosa
- anemia pernisius
- anemia sel sabit
- anemia susu
- anemia tersembunyi
Further reading
- “anemia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Interlingua
Noun
anemia (plural anemias)Category:Interlingua lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Interlingua nouns#ANEMIACategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
Related terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.neˈmi.a/Category:Italian 4-syllable words#ANEMIACategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#ANEMIA
- Rhymes: -iaCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ia#ANEMIACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ia/4 syllables#ANEMIA
- Hyphenation: a‧ne‧mì‧a
Noun
anemia f (plural anemie)Category:Italian lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Italian nouns#ANEMIACategory:Italian countable nouns#ANEMIACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Italian feminine nouns#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
Derived terms
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient GreekCategory:Polish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ANEMIACategory:Polish learned borrowings from Ancient Greek#ANEMIACategory:Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek#ANEMIA ἀναιμία (anaimía).[1] By surface analysis, an- + -emiaCategory:Polish terms prefixed with an-#EMIACategory:Polish terms suffixed with -emia#ANEMIA. First attested in the 19th century.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
anemia fCategory:Polish lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Polish nouns#ANEMIACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Polish feminine nouns#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
- (pathologyCategory:pl:Diseases#ANEMIA, pathologyCategory:pl:Pathology#ANEMIA) anemia
- Synonym: niedokrwistość
- ciężka/silna anemia ― severe anemiaCategory:Polish terms with collocations#ANEMIA
- zapobiegać anemii ― to prevent anemiaCategory:Polish terms with collocations#ANEMIA
- leczyć anemię ― to treat anemiaCategory:Polish terms with collocations#ANEMIA
- zwalczać anemii ― to combat anemiaCategory:Polish terms with collocations#ANEMIA
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | anemiaCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#ANEMIA |
| genitive | anemiiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#ANEMIA |
| dative | anemiiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#ANEMIA |
| accusative | anemięCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#ANEMIA |
| instrumental | anemiąCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#ANEMIA |
| locative | anemiiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#ANEMIA |
| vocative | anemioCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#ANEMIACategory:Polish links with manual fragments#ANEMIA |
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “anemia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ↑ Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “anemja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
Further reading
- “anemia”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “anemia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anemja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 36
- anemia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient GreekCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek#ANEMIA ἀναιμία (anaimía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ne‧mi‧a
Noun
anemia f (plural anemias)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Portuguese nouns#ANEMIACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#ANEMIACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
- (pathologyCategory:pt:Pathology#ANEMIA) anemia (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport)
Related terms
Further reading
- “anemia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “anemia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#ANEMIACategory:Romanian terms derived from French#ANEMIA anémier.
Verb
a anemia (third-person singular present anemiează, past participle anemiat)Category:Romanian lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Romanian verbs#ANEMIACategory:Romanian verbs with subjunctive not given#ANEMIACategory:Romanian verbs in 1st conjugation#ANEMIACategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA 1st conjugation
- to make, or to become anemic
Conjugation
| infinitive | a anemia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | anemiind | ||||||
| past participle | anemiat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | anemiez | anemiezi | anemiază | anemiem | anemiați | anemiază | |
| imperfect | anemiam | anemiai | anemia | anemiam | anemiați | anemiau | |
| simple perfect | anemiai | anemiași | anemie | anemiarăm | anemiarăți | anemiară | |
| pluperfect | anemiasem | anemiaseși | anemiase | anemiaserăm | anemiaserăți | anemiaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să anemiez | să anemiezi | să anemieze | să anemiem | să anemiați | să anemieze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | anemiază | anemiați | |||||
| negative | nu anemia | nu anemiați | |||||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient GreekCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#ANEMIACategory:Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek#ANEMIA ἀναιμία (anaimía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈnemja/ [aˈne.mja]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ANEMIACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ANEMIA
- Rhymes: -emjaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/emja#ANEMIACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/emja/3 syllables#ANEMIA
- Syllabification: a‧ne‧mia
Noun
anemia f (plural anemias)Category:Spanish lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Spanish nouns#ANEMIACategory:Spanish countable nouns#ANEMIACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
Derived terms
Further reading
- “anemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Swahili terms borrowed from English#ANEMIACategory:Swahili terms derived from English#ANEMIA anemia.
Pronunciation
Noun
anemia class IX (plural anemia class X)Category:Swahili lemmas#ANEMIACategory:Swahili nouns#ANEMIACategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#ANEMIACategory:Swahili class IX nouns#ANEMIACategory:Pages with entries#ANEMIACategory:Pages with 13 entries#ANEMIA
Category:sw:Diseases#ANEMIA