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PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
malignant anaemia; malignant anemia; pernicious anaemia; pernicious anemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pernicious anaemia" is a kind of...):
anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pernicious anaemia"):
megaloblastic anaemia; megaloblastic anemia (anemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow; associated with pernicious anemia)
metaplastic anaemia; metaplastic anemia (pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed)
