Melanaemia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Melanaemia \Mel`a*nae"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las, me`lanos,
     black + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.)
     A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment
     either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood
     corpuscles.
     [1913 Webster]