ane'mia, anse'mia

[G. anpriv. + haima, blood.] A condition in which the blood is reduced in amoimt (oligemia) or is deficient in red blood-cells {oligocythemia) or in hemoglobin {oligochrome mia), manifested clinically by pallor, shortne of breath, and palpitation, acute' a., temporary a. due to a copious hemorrhage, a. ijofan'tum pseudoleucse'mica, pseudo leucemia in infants. a. lymph at'ica, Hodgkin's* disease, aplas'tic a., a form in which the formative proce es of the bone marrow are in abeyance, chlorot'ic a,. chloranemia. cytogen'ic a., primary a. e en'- tial a., primary a. false a., pseudo anemia. gen'- eral a., a. affecting the entire volume of blood as distinguished from a deficiency in the local supply of a part, glob'ular a., oligocythemia. ground-itch a., hookworm disease, uncinariasis. hemorrhag'ic a., a. due directly to lo of blood. idiopath'ic a., primary or o ential a. infec'- tious a., swamp-fever, intertropical a., Egyptian chlorosis, uncinariasis, ancylostomiasis, hookworm disease. lo'cal a., a condition of diminished supply of blood to a part. lymph at'- ic a., Hodgkin's a. malig'nant a., pernicious a. metaplas'tic a., pernicious a., in which the formed elements in the blood are changed. mi'ners' a., ancylostomiasis. neg'ative «., a. marked by the presence of erythroblasts, but without reduction in the number of red blood cells per cubic millimeter, pemic'ious a., a form of progre ive, usually tatad, a., of infectious or autotoxic origin; it is characterized by a very marked diminution in the number of red corpuscles and the presence of a large number of megaloblasts; the prominent symptoms are languor, breathle ne on slight exertion, muscular weakne , faintne , extreme pallor of skin and mucous membranes, anorexia, diarrhea, and frequently hemorrhages either into the skin (patechia) or from the mucous membranes, po'lar a., a. sometimes affecting natives of temperate climes wintering in the arctic regions, pri'mtiry a., e ential a., cytogenic a., a. occurring apparently as an independent disease, due to a disturbance in function of the blood-making organs, progre 'ive pern i'-