| NOUN | state | malignant anemia, pernicious anemia, pernicious anaemia, malignant anaemia | a chronic progressive anemia of older adults |
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| 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). | |
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| Synonyms | pernicious anemia, pernicious anaemia, malignant anaemia | |
| Narrower | megaloblastic anemia, megaloblastic anaemia | anemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow |
| metaplastic anemia, metaplastic anaemia | pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed | |
| Broader | anemia, anaemia | A deficiency of red blood cells |
| Spanish | anemia perniciosa | |
| Catalan | anèmia maligna, anèmia perniciosa | |
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