REFRACTORY ANAEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does refractory anaemia mean? 

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

1. 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)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFRACTORY ANAEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

refractory anaemia; refractory anemia

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

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)

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

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