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noun

anaemia

a condition leaving the body short of oxygen-carrying cells, so a person tires easily

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Six example sentences with anaemia, each labelled with its topic.

  • A routine blood test showed anaemia, and the doctor prescribed iron tablets before looking for where the blood was being lost.

    Medicine

  • The marathoner's fading times traced back to anaemia, and her coach cut the mileage until her red cell count recovered.

    Fitness

  • Pale, breathless mice in the lab turned out to have anaemia, their blood carrying far fewer red cells than the control group's.

    Science

  • The doctor suggested lentils, spinach and red meat for her anaemia, and a squeeze of lemon to help the iron absorb.

    Cooking

  • Nineteenth-century doctors called anaemia in young women the green sickness and treated it with iron long before they knew why.

    History

  • Economists count childhood anaemia as a drag on growth, since tired pupils learn less and earn less as adults.

    Economics

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