hypohemia

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hypohemia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A deficiency of blood.
    Synonym: hypovolemia
    • 1991, George Meyer, 2:37 from the start, in Blood Feud (The Simpsons), season 2, episode 22, spoken by Julius Hibbert (Harry Shearer), 20th Century Fox:
      Mr. Burns is suffering from what we medical men call hypohemia. In laymen’s terms it’s quite simply a lack of blood.

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hypohemia f (plural hypohemias)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hipoemia.