REFRACTORY ANEMIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease)

Synonyms:

refractory anaemia; refractory anemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)

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

sideroblastic anaemia; sideroblastic anemia; siderochrestic anaemia; siderochrestic anemia (refractory anemia characterized by sideroblasts in the bone marrow)

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