MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does megaloblastic anemia mean? 

• MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA (noun)
  The noun MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

megaloblastic anaemia; megaloblastic anemia

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))

 Context examples 

Megaloblastic anemia caused by vitamin B-12 deficiency due to impaired absorption.

(Pernicious anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anemia, megaloblastic anemia, and neurologic lesions.

(Cyanocobalamin, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include mental retardation, megaloblastic anemia, hypotonia, epilepsy, and hepatosplenomegaly.

(Arakawa's Syndrome II, NCI Thesaurus)