PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pernicious anaemia mean? 

• PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA (noun)
  The noun PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA has 1 sense:

1. 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)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA (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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

malignant anaemia; malignant anemia; pernicious anaemia; pernicious anemia

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)