Iron-deficiency anemia occurs because of a lack of the mineral iron in the body. Bone marrow in the center of the bone needs iron to make hemoglobin, the part of the red blood cell that transports oxygen to the body's organs. Without adequate iron, the body cannot produce enough hemoglobin for red blood cells.
(Ä­n-fÃ»râ²mÄ­-tÄ) n. pl. inÂ·firÂ·miÂ·ties. 1. a. The condition of being infirm, often as associated with old age; weakness or frailty: the infirmity brought on by the disease. b. A bodily ailment or weakness: complained about his infirmities.
intentionality (countable and uncountable, plural intentionalities) The defining characteristic of the mental state of a person when deliberating about an intention. 1983, John R. Searle, Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind, page 1, As a preliminary formulation we might say: Intentionality is that property of many mental states and events by which they are directed at or about or of objects and states of affairs in the world.