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  • noun Plural form of anemia.

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Examples

  • This common procedure is performed to diagnose conditions affecting the blood or bone marrow, such as anemias and leukemia.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • The broad advertising and use of injected medicines — Aranesp and Epogen, from Amgen; and Procrit, from Johnson & Johnson, to name two — to boost the energy of cancer patients by reducing their exhausting anemias have been fueled by perfectly legal payouts or rebates in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

    Devra Davis Responds to Your Cancer Questions - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • The broad advertising and use of injected medicines — Aranesp and Epogen, from Amgen; and Procrit, from Johnson & Johnson, to name two — to boost the energy of cancer patients by reducing their exhausting anemias have been fueled by perfectly legal payouts or rebates in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

    Devra Davis Responds to Your Cancer Questions - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • For example, Caucasians whose families came from Northern Europe are more likely to have cystic fibrosis; African-Americans are more likely to have sickle-cell disease; people of Southeast Asian or Mediterranean background are more likely to have anemias known as thalassemias; and people of Ashkenazi Jewish, French-Canadian, or Cajun background are more likely than others to experience Tay-Sachs disease and several other conditions.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • For example, Caucasians whose families came from Northern Europe are more likely to have cystic fibrosis; African-Americans are more likely to have sickle-cell disease; people of Southeast Asian or Mediterranean background are more likely to have anemias known as thalassemias; and people of Ashkenazi Jewish, French-Canadian, or Cajun background are more likely than others to experience Tay-Sachs disease and several other conditions.

    Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

  • Causes of a low MCV include lead poisoning, chronic kidney failure, hemoglobinopathy, and certain anemias.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Causes of a low MCV include lead poisoning, chronic kidney failure, hemoglobinopathy, and certain anemias.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Causes of a low MCV include lead poisoning, chronic kidney failure, hemoglobinopathy, and certain anemias.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • OUSMAN: The symptoms that we a tribute to low testosterone can see in other medical instances (ph): anemias, heart disease, liver disease, lung disease.

    CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2006 2006

  • This could be distinguished from other anemias of SLE hemolytic anemia and anemia of chronic disease by testing for iron levels in the body.

    THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994

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