-emia, -aemia +

The presence of parasites (especially malarial parasites) in the blood.

A severe form of anemia, found mostly in older adults, that results from the body's inability to absorb vitamin B12.

Symptoms include weakness, breathing difficulties, and weight loss.

Patients who have this disorder do not produce the substance in the stomach that allows the body to absorb vitamin B12. This substance is called intrinsic factor (IF).

Pernicious anemia is characterized by the presence in the blood of large, immature, nucleated cells (megaloblasts) that are forerunners of red blood cells. (Red blood cells, when mature, have no nucleus). It is thus a type of megaloblastic anemia.

The presence of an emulsion of fine oil globules in the blood, sometimes found in diabetes; a form of lipemia.

Pneumonia associated with septicemia or blood poisoning.

1. A disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood.
2. Too many red blood cells which is the opposite of anemia.

Polycythemia formally exists when the hemoglobin, red blood cell count, and the total volume are all above normal.

A condition marked by an excessive amount of blood in the system.

The presence of one or more ptomaines in the blood.

Fever associated with septicemia or blood poisoning.

1. Blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene which may result from eating putrefied matter.
2. Blood poisoning resulting from the absorption of the products of putrefaction.
3. The presence of the products of putrefaction in the bloodstream; septicemia.

1. A morbid condition of the blood, characterized by the presence and possibly multiplication of pathogenic bacteria entering from a region of infection; such as, an infected wound; blood poisoning.

It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and degenerative and inflammatory changes in the internal organs.

2. A systemic disease caused by pathogenic organisms or their toxins in the bloodstream; also called blood poisoning.

Bacteria commonly enter the bloodstream (a condition called bacteremia or blood poisoning), but usually only a small number of bacteria do so at a time, and no symptoms develop.

Most bacteria that enter the bloodstream are rapidly removed by white blood cells. Sometimes there are too many bacteria to be removed easily, and an infection can develop.

An infection that is widespread throughout the bloodstream is called sepsis, or septicemia, and causes severe symptoms. Sepsis can lead to a life-threatening condition called septic shock.

1. Septicemia that is accompanied by multiple abscesses and secondary toxemic symptoms and caused by pus-forming microorganisms.
2. A combination of septicemia (blood poisoning caused by pathogenic bacteria) and pyemia (blood poisoning with pus).

Infection with pus in the bloodstream.

1. A chronic inherited anemia that occurs primarily in individuals of African, Mediterranean, or southwest Asian ancestry who are homozygous for the gene controlling hemoglobin S and that is characterized especially by episodic blocking of small blood vessels by sickle cells.
2. A chronic hereditary form of anemia that occurs mainly in people of African descent.

It is caused by a gene inherited from both parents.

A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.

Presence of spirochetes in the blood.