How to Use anemia in a Sentence

anemia

noun
  • The heavy bleeding can even go so far as to cause anemia.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 11 May 2018
  • But the ob-gyn dismissed it as anemia, telling her to take an iron pill and give it time.
    Stephanie Booth, Health.com, 7 June 2021
  • Think of the 85-year-old with high cholesterol, anemia and arthritis.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 June 2018
  • The cells then die off early, leaving a lack of healthy red blood cells, or anemia.
    WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • One of the targets, again, was to reduce anemia in women.
    Sharman Apt Russell, Scientific American, 20 May 2021
  • The patient had a collapsed lung and suffered from anemia because of acute blood loss, the board said.
    Christopher Carbone, Fox News, 10 June 2018
  • Stat! Low-dose aspirin has been linked to anemia in older adults.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2023
  • That, coupled with low levels of iron in their diet, could lead to anemia.
    Kristi Pahr, Parents, 9 June 2023
  • The blood cells burst, causing fever, headache, chills, muscle aches, and often anemia.
    Jop De Vrieze, Science | AAAS, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Zinc oxide is chief among these since zinc can lead to anemia if enough of it is ingested.
    Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 3 May 2018
  • Miller’s death isn’t the first to be blamed on sickle cell anemia after a struggle with police.
    Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
  • Symptoms of anemia may take three to five days to appear in your dog, according to Watkins.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The team recently got LaToya Sanders back after the forward missed the first five games of the season with anemia.
    baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2018
  • And pregnant women in Gaza, prewar, had high rates of anemia.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Alcohol of any type does affect the bone marrow and is one of the more common causes of low platelets and anemia.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Doctor King used to say America has a high blood pressure of creeds, but an anemia of deeds.
    John Blake, CNN, 21 Jan. 2023
  • His cause of death read exactly the same as his Murphy’s — a case of pneumonia and anemia.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Others are in the works for sickle cell anemia and Type 2 diabetes.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Having low red blood cells from leukemia counts results in a condition called anemia, per the ACS.
    Barbara Brody, Health.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • These episodes can lead to severe anemia, lasting brain damage and death.
    New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Burke thanks Noah for his service and promises the world’s best medicine for his younger brother, who has sickle cell anemia.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 9 June 2023
  • According to the researcher, the longer astronauts stay in space, the longer space anemia will plague them on solid land.
    Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Work began to process plasma, count white blood cells and assess anemia.
    Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2021
  • Her doctor prescribed iron pills to treat anemia, but her symptoms got worse.
    al, 21 June 2022
  • Miller’s father, Willie Miller, said none of his children had sickle cell anemia.
    Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
  • The event is in honor of sisters Kami and Kyra Crawford who have sickle-cell anemia.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Mar. 2021
  • In the first several months of 2019, two more matches were made- one with a leukemia patient and one with a severe anemia patient.
    Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al.com, 14 June 2019
  • Thomas Neff, founder of a biotech company known for its anemia treatment, died last Sunday at age 65.
    Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • Symptoms of the the flu-like disease so far include headaches, cough, fever, breathing difficulties, and anemia.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • At this time, a cause has not been determined, but symptoms include fever, cough, headache, trouble breathing and anemia, according to the WHO.
    Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

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