A typically mild degree of anaemia associated with intensive physical training and having a number of contributory factors, including increased destruction of red blood cells and plasma volume expansion.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Nutrition Review.
Definition of sports anaemia in US English:
sports anaemia
(USsports anemia)
noun
Medicine
A typically mild degree of anaemia associated with intensive physical training and having a number of contributory factors, including increased destruction of red blood cells and plasma volume expansion.