Anaemia
noun
A condition in which there is a lack of red blood cells or the red blood cells are not working properly.
She was diagnosed with anaemia due to iron deficiency.

Often appears as...
- iron-deficiency anaemia
- symptoms of anaemia
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noun
A condition in which there is a lack of red blood cells or the red blood cells are not working properly.
She was diagnosed with anaemia due to iron deficiency.

Often appears as...
- iron-deficiency anaemia
- symptoms of anaemia
Usage tips
Technical
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Medical Condition
Use 'anaemia' to discuss this specific health issue, not general weakness or tiredness.

After tests, the patient's fatigue was attributed to anaemia.
Lack of Iron
'Anaemia' often relates to iron levels which are important for red blood cells.

Vegetarians may need to monitor for signs of iron-deficiency anaemia.
Symptom Recognition
Understanding 'anaemia' helps identify symptoms like fatigue and paleness.

Her paleness and dizziness suggested possible symptoms of anaemia.
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debilityenervationexhaustionfaintnessfatiguelassitudepallorweak
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How climate change could...
Two in particular are iron and zinc. When you don't have enough iron, you can develop iron deficiency anemia. It's associated with fatigue, shortness of breath and some fairly serious consequences as well. When you don't have enough zinc, you can have a loss of appetite. It is a significant problem around the world.
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Christopher Golden: Bush...
We found that when the local communities lost access to wildlife, their rates of anemia would actually increase by 30 percent. These results were astounding. It really taught us that if local people messed with their natural environment, they were actually self-depleting their own nutritional resource.
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Why are eating disorders...
from their weight alone. People who weigh what medical professionals might consider a healthy range can have eating disorders, including severe ones that damage their long-term health in invisible ways, including osteoporosis, anemia, heart damage, and kidney damage.
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Listening to shame -...
day here and he got up and he explained how he was driven to create some technology to help test for anemia because people were dying unnecessarily and he said I saw this need so you know what I did I made it and everybody just burst into applause and they were like
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The Power of Photography...
devastating impact the most devastating thing that you see as a photographer in this particular part of the world is when you see children that could have survived children that could have recovered from diarrhea or could have recovered from malaria or anaemia this
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How this disease changes...
This short lifespan means that patients live with a constantly depleted supply of red blood cells; a condition called sickle-cell anemia. Perhaps what’s most surprising about this malignant mutation is that it originally evolved as a beneficial adaptation.
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How synthetic biology...
and sickle cell anemia. We can diagnose disease faster and more cost-effectively by writing and reading DNA. And already we can add pieces of DNA in the cell of the immune system to identify and kill cancer cells in patients. Thanks to advances like this,
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Aparna Hegde: The...
Maybe we could have simply called Anita weekly with critical lifesaving information. On the other hand, maybe we could have provided mobile-phone-based training to the health worker who could have diagnosed Anita's anemia in the community itself.
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What can you learn from...
Meanwhile, pelvic bones reveal gender. Biologically, female pelvises are wider, allowing women to give birth, where as males are narrower. Bones also betray the signs of ancient disease. Disorders like anemia leave their traces on the bones.
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An evolutionary...
but they make enough normal red blood cells that they aren't negatively affected by sickle cell anemia. Now in my case, the defective gene I carry won't protect me against malaria.
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How climate change could...
Two in particular are iron and zinc. When you don't have enough iron, you can develop iron deficiency anemia. It's associated with fatigue, shortness of breath and some fairly serious consequences as well. When you don't have enough zinc, you can have a loss of appetite. It is a significant problem around the world.
Video examples
Christopher Golden: Bush...
We found that when the local communities lost access to wildlife, their rates of anemia would actually increase by 30 percent. These results were astounding. It really taught us that if local people messed with their natural environment, they were actually self-depleting their own nutritional resource.
Video examples
Why are eating disorders...
from their weight alone. People who weigh what medical professionals might consider a healthy range can have eating disorders, including severe ones that damage their long-term health in invisible ways, including osteoporosis, anemia, heart damage, and kidney damage.
Video examples
Listening to shame -...
day here and he got up and he explained how he was driven to create some technology to help test for anemia because people were dying unnecessarily and he said I saw this need so you know what I did I made it and everybody just burst into applause and they were like
Video examples
The Power of Photography...
devastating impact the most devastating thing that you see as a photographer in this particular part of the world is when you see children that could have survived children that could have recovered from diarrhea or could have recovered from malaria or anaemia this
Video examples
How this disease changes...
This short lifespan means that patients live with a constantly depleted supply of red blood cells; a condition called sickle-cell anemia. Perhaps what’s most surprising about this malignant mutation is that it originally evolved as a beneficial adaptation.
Video examples
How synthetic biology...
and sickle cell anemia. We can diagnose disease faster and more cost-effectively by writing and reading DNA. And already we can add pieces of DNA in the cell of the immune system to identify and kill cancer cells in patients. Thanks to advances like this,
Video examples
Aparna Hegde: The...
Maybe we could have simply called Anita weekly with critical lifesaving information. On the other hand, maybe we could have provided mobile-phone-based training to the health worker who could have diagnosed Anita's anemia in the community itself.
Video examples
What can you learn from...
Meanwhile, pelvic bones reveal gender. Biologically, female pelvises are wider, allowing women to give birth, where as males are narrower. Bones also betray the signs of ancient disease. Disorders like anemia leave their traces on the bones.
Video examples
An evolutionary...
but they make enough normal red blood cells that they aren't negatively affected by sickle cell anemia. Now in my case, the defective gene I carry won't protect me against malaria.
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Jennifer Doudna
American Scientist
One can envisage taking cells from a patient with sickle-cell anaemia or an inherited blood disorder and using the Cas9 system to fix the underlying genetic cause of the disease by putting those cells back into the patient and allowing them to make copies of themselves to support the patient's blood.

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Alonzo Mourning
American Athlete
Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion and that people with serious illnesses, like kidney disease, may be at increased risk for anemia.

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Walter Mercado
Puerto Rican Celebrity
My eyes were bad. I stuttered. I had hepatitis, double pneumonia, even anemia. When I was 7, my family took me on a trip to Cuba, and all my ailments disappeared. Cuba gave me health, so I've been deeply attached to Cubans ever since.

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Jerry Lewis
American Comedian
If I found the cure for dystrophy tomorrow, I would do a telethon in four weeks for acute pain that in this country is a bigger problem than cancer, heart, sickle cell, anemia, name it. It is - it's hitting 70 million Americans.

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Nathan Deal
American Politician
Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia.

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Gordon W. Allport
American Psychologist
Dogmatism makes for scientific anemia.

Quote examples
Jennifer Doudna
American Scientist
One can envisage taking cells from a patient with sickle-cell anaemia or an inherited blood disorder and using the Cas9 system to fix the underlying genetic cause of the disease by putting those cells back into the patient and allowing them to make copies of themselves to support the patient's blood.

Quote examples
Alonzo Mourning
American Athlete
Once my doctor began treating my kidney disease, my greatest challenge was the constant exhaustion. Fortunately, my doctor explained that anemia was causing my exhaustion and that people with serious illnesses, like kidney disease, may be at increased risk for anemia.

Quote examples
Walter Mercado
Puerto Rican Celebrity
My eyes were bad. I stuttered. I had hepatitis, double pneumonia, even anemia. When I was 7, my family took me on a trip to Cuba, and all my ailments disappeared. Cuba gave me health, so I've been deeply attached to Cubans ever since.

Quote examples
Jerry Lewis
American Comedian
If I found the cure for dystrophy tomorrow, I would do a telethon in four weeks for acute pain that in this country is a bigger problem than cancer, heart, sickle cell, anemia, name it. It is - it's hitting 70 million Americans.

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Nathan Deal
American Politician
Cord blood stem cell units have been shown to be a suitable alternative to adult bone marrow for the treatment of many diseases, including sickle cell anemia.

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Gordon W. Allport
American Psychologist
Dogmatism makes for scientific anemia.

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