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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

attribute go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

state go
the way something is with respect to its main attributes

condition, status go
a state at a particular time

physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition go
the condition or state of the body or bodily functions

pathological state go
a physical condition that is caused by disease

ill health, unhealthiness, health problem go
a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain

dyscrasia go
an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body

blood dyscrasia go
any abnormal condition of the blood

blood disease, blood disorder go
a disease or disorder of the blood

anemia, anaemia
a deficiency of red blood cells

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15 Subcategories

aplastic anemia, aplastic anaemia go
anemia characterized by pancytopenia resulting from failure of the bone marrow
erythroblastosis fetalis go
severe anemia in newborn babies
Fanconi's anemia, Fanconi's anaemia, congenital pancytopenia go
a rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow
favism go
anemia resulting from eating fava beans
hemolytic anemia, haemolytic anaemia go
anemia resulting from destruction of erythrocytes
hyperchromic anemia, hyperchromic anaemia go
anemia characterized by an increase in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin
hypochromic anemia, hypochromic anaemia go
anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin
hypoplastic anemia, hypoplastic anaemia go
anemia resulting from inadequately functioning bone marrow
iron deficiency anemia, iron deficiency anaemia go
a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding
ischemia, ischaemia go
local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism
macrocytic anemia, macrocytic anaemia go
anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is larger than normal
microcytic anemia, microcytic anaemia go
anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is smaller than normal
pernicious anemia, pernicious anaemia, malignant anemia, malignant anaemia go
a chronic progressive anemia of older adults
refractory anemia, refractory anaemia go
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)
sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, crescent-cell anaemia, drepanocytic anemia, drepanocytic anaemia go
a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks