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    PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA

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     I. (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)play

    Synonyms:

    malignant anaemia; malignant anemia; pernicious anaemia; pernicious anemia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    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)

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