MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Anemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow; associated with pernicious anemia

Synonyms:

megaloblastic anaemia; megaloblastic anemia

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

malignant anaemia; malignant anemia; pernicious anaemia; pernicious anemia (a chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12))

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