I. noun
also anae·mia əˈnēmēə, esp Brit -myə
( -s )
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek anaimia, from an- + -aimia -emia
1.
a. : a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, hemoglobin, or both or deficient in total volume (as from hemorrhage) — see hypochromic anemia , pernicious anemia
b. : ischemia
2. : lack of vitality : bloodlessness , lifelessness , emptiness
intellectual anemia — John Fischer
the New England tradition had died of anemia — Malcolm Cowley
II. noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek aneimōn unclad (from an- + -eimōn clad, from heima garment) + New Latin -ia; from the naked sporangia; akin to Greek hennynai to clothe — more at wear
: a genus of ferns (family Schizaeaceae) found in warm regions having pinnatifid almost skeletonlike fronds with sporangia borne in a close single row on either side of the pinnules