Path. [mod.L., a. Gr. ἀναιμία want of blood, f. Gr. ἀν priv. + αἶμα blood.] Lack of blood; a condition of unhealthy paleness and feebleness, resulting either from diminution of the amount of blood in the body, or from a diminished proportion of red corpuscles in the blood.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 416/2. The state of anæmia, or a deficiency in the quantity of circulating blood.
1854. Badham, Halieut., 215. In a state of acute suffering from exhaustion and anæmia.
1876. Holland, Seven Oaks, ii. 32. Anemia is the normal condition of the pauper.
