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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

μέλας

μέλανος

, black +

αἷμα

blood.]

(Med.)

A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.

melanaemia ‎(uncountable)

(medicine) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment, either floating freely or embedded in the white blood cells.