anemia

-ia (English)

Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion. Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia).

ἀν- (Ancient Greek)

αἷμα (Ancient Greek)

anemia (English)

(American spelling, uncountable, pathology) 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.. (countable, pathology) A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.. (obsolete) Ischemia. [19th to mid-20th c.].