| iron deficiency |
depletion of iron stores to the degree that red-blood-cell production is impaired
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| iron deficiency anemia |
Anemia that occurs after the body has been low in iron or lost a lot of blood (such as in women who have heavy menstrual periods). Iron deficiency is often related to an inadequate diet. Iron is found in meat and poultry, egg yolks, and, to a lesser extent, green leafy vegetables; dried fruits, beans, and peas; and whole grain and enriched cereals and breads. Vitamin C helps the body absorb iron. ...
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| iron deficiency |
Not enough iron in the body, resulting in impaired bone marrow and muscle function. Iron deficiency can lead to iron deficiency anemia because iron is necessary to make hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying part of red blood cells. Iron deficiency is most common in premature infants, infants and young children who are fed cow's milk or iron-poor formula, menstruating women, and pregnant women.
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| iron deficiency anemia |
the lack of iron in the blood, which is necessary to make hemoglobin, the part of blood that distributes oxygen from the lungs to tissues in the body.
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| iron deficiency a. |
a type of hypochromic microcytic anemia caused by low or absent iron stores and serum iron concentration; there is elevated free erythrocyte porphyrin, low transferrin saturation, elevated transferrin, low serum ferritin, and low hemoglobin concentration. Symptoms may include pallor, angular stomatitis and other oral lesions, gastrointestinal complaints, retinal hemorrhages and exudates, and thinning and brittleness of the nails, occasionally leading to spoon nails (koilonychia).
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