spanaemian.
/spaˈniːmɪə/ Pathology.
A morbid condition of the blood characterized by a deficiency of red corpuscles; poorness of the blood.
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spanaemia1845
oligocythaemia1876
oligochromaemia1881
1845 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. I. 306 The hypinosis speedily merges into spanæmia. [Note] We prefer this term to anæmia, because the latter is used to represent a morbid condition of the blood subordinate to spanæmia.
1853 W. O. Markham tr. J. Skoda Treat. Auscultation xvi It does not appear to be a sign of anaemia or spanaemia.
1897 Hutchinson's Arch. Surg. VIII. 199 There was no evidence of spanæmia.
Derivatives
spaˈnaemic adj. of or relating to, inducing spanæmia; also n., a medicine inducing spanæmia.
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oligocythaemic1858
spanaemic1882
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.)
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