hypohemia

English

Alternative forms

• hypohaemia
• hypohæmia

Noun

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.

Portuguese

Noun

hypohemia f (plural hypohemias)

1. Obsolete spelling of hipoemia.