hypochromic anemia

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noun Pathology.

an anemia characterized by an abnormally low concentration of hemoglobin in the red blood cells, often due to iron deficiency.

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Origin of hypochromic anemia

First recorded in 1920–25; hypo- + chromic

When I was a medical student in my native Oklahoma, I treated a young woman with a calm smile and severe anemia.
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But no one could figure out the cause of her anemia until someone asked her more carefully about her diet.
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Its relationship to anemia, however, is more complex than the cause-and-effect sequence I learned in medical school.
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MDS is a relatively rare condition that can lead to a depletion of red or white blood cells, anemia, heavy bleeding.
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The three anti-anemia drugs have cost the government a reported $60 billion since 1989.
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It occurs in well-marked cases of pernicious anemia and leukemia, and, much less commonly, in very severe symptomatic anemias.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
In pernicious anemia they are always greatly diminished, and an increase should exclude the diagnosis of this disease.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
(b) In secondary anemia plaques are generally increased, although sometimes decreased.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Megaloblasts are found in pernicious anemia, and with extreme rarity in any other condition.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Pathologically, normoblasts occur in severe symptomatic anemia, leukemia, and pernicious anemia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd