HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemolytic anemia mean? 

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

1. anemia resulting from destruction of erythrocytes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Anemia resulting from destruction of erythrocytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

haemolytic anaemia; hemolytic anemia

Hypernyms ("hemolytic anemia" is a kind of...):

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)

 Context examples 

A group of inherited hemolytic anemias caused by erythrocyte membrane defects.

(Hemolytic Anemia due to Membrane Defect, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of thrombotic microangiopathy with renal failure, hemolytic anemia, and severe thrombocytopenia.

(Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinically it is characterized by chronic hemolytic anemia.

(Hemoglobin H Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

When symptoms appear, they include mild hemolytic anemia and occasionally jaundice.

(Hemoglobin C Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

It is associated with hemolytic anemia.

(Anticardiolipin IgM Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients develop hemolytic anemia usually in response to infection or exposure to drugs.

(Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Hemolytic anemia due to various intrinsic defects of the erythrocyte.

(Hereditary Hemolytic Anemia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An autosomal recessive inherited severe hemolytic anemia.

(Hereditary Pyropoikilocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called autoimmune hemolytic anemia and immune complex hemolytic anemia.

(Immunohemolytic anemia, NCI Dictionary)

A syndrome characterized by persistent jaundice, hemolytic anemia, and hepatomegaly in a newborn.

(Inspissated Bile Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)