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anaemia

The origin and history of anaemia.

Etymology

Anaemia comes from Ancient Greek, formed from a prefix meaning not and a word for blood, joined with an ending used for medical conditions. It entered English as a direct borrowing of this Greek term describing a deficiency in the blood.

Origin: Ancient Greek

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