toidu rauavähesusest või tavalisest suuremast rauakaotusest (verejooksust) tekkinud aneemia, millele on iseloomulikud pisipunalibled (mikro­tsü­toos), liblede suuruse erinevus (anisotsütoos) ja madal , anemia that is caused by a deficiency of iron and characterized by hypochromic microcytic red blood cells, a form (of anemia) characterized by low or absent iron stores, low serum iron concentration, low transferrin saturation, elevated transferrin (iron-binding capacity), low hemoglobin concentration or h