ANTIPERNICIOUS ANEMIA FACTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antipernicious anemia factor mean? 

• ANTIPERNICIOUS ANEMIA FACTOR (noun)
  The noun ANTIPERNICIOUS ANEMIA FACTOR has 1 sense:

1. a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia

  Familiarity information: ANTIPERNICIOUS ANEMIA FACTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIPERNICIOUS ANEMIA FACTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

antipernicious anemia factor; cobalamin; cyanocobalamin; vitamin B12

Hypernyms ("antipernicious anemia factor" is a kind of...):

B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)