FANCONI'S ANEMIA

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Meaning:

A rare congenital anemia characterized by pancytopenia and hypoplasia of the bone marrow

Synonyms:

congenital pancytopenia; Fanconi's anaemia; Fanconi's anemia

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Fanconi's anemia" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)

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