Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Melanaemia \Mel`a*n[ae]"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`las, -anos,
   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.