IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iron deficiency anaemia mean? 

• IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA (noun)
  The noun IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA has 1 sense:

1. a form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding

  Familiarity information: IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of anemia due to lack of iron in the diet or to iron loss as a result of chronic bleeding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

iron deficiency anaemia; iron deficiency anemia

Hypernyms ("iron deficiency anaemia" is a kind of...):

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iron deficiency anaemia"):

chlorosis; greensickness (iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weakness and menstrual disturbances and a green color to the skin)