HOW TO PRONOUNCE
anemia
/əˈnimiə/
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Give the “nee” syllable the strongest beat.
Start with a light vowel, then make the long ee sound stand out. In uh-NEE-mee-uh, keep both vowels after m audible.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The doctor ordered a test for anemia.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does anemia mean?
noun
- A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.
- A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom.
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noun
- (obsolete) Ischemia.
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A light, transitory, actual increase of mental activity, might, possibly, be explained by the familiar fact that cerebral anemia, in its early stages, is exciting rather than dulling.
The sudden death may be attributed in this case partly to shock and partly to cerebral anemia.
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It will take him, perhaps, months or years to die a gradual, miserable death through malassimilation and malnutrition, which usually end in some form of wasting disease, such as pernicious anemia or tuberculosis.