HYPOCHROMIC ANEMIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Anemia characterized by a decrease in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin

Synonyms:

hypochromic anaemia; hypochromic anemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hypochromic anemia" is a kind of...):

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypochromic anemia"):

Mediterranean anaemia; Mediterranean anemia; thalassaemia; thalassemia (an inherited form of anemia caused by faulty synthesis of hemoglobin)

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