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ANAEMIA (from Gr. ay-, privative, and aiµa, blood)
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ANAEMIA (from Gr. ay-, privative, and aiµa, blood), literally " want of blood," a word used as a generic term for various forms of disease characterized by a defective constitution of the blood. For different types of anaemia see the article BLOOD, section Pathology.