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  • 51antipernicious anemia factor — noun a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia • Syn: ↑vitamin B12, ↑cobalamin, ↑cyanocobalamin • Hypernyms: ↑B complex vitamin, ↑B complex, ↑vitamin B complex, ↑vitamin B, ↑ …

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  • 52malignant anemia — n. (Med.) 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 B 12); also called {pernicious anemia}. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 53hyperchromic anemia — hy·per·chro·mic anemia hī pər .krō mik n an anemia with increase of hemoglobin in individual red blood cells and reduction in the number of red blood cells see PERNICIOUS ANEMIA compare HYPOCHROMIC ANEMIA …

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  • 54hyperchromic anemia — noun anemia characterized by an increase in the concentration of corpuscular hemoglobin • Syn: ↑hyperchromic anaemia • Hypernyms: ↑anemia, ↑anaemia * * * noun : any of various anemias (as pernicious anemia) that are characterized by abnormally… …

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  • 55Fan|co|ni's anemia — «fan KOH neez», a constitutional anemia of children, resembling pernicious anemia. ╂[< Guido Fanconi, 1882 1940?, a Swiss pediatrician, who first described the disease] …

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  • 56Addison's anemia — Ad·di·son s anemia ad ə sənz n PERNICIOUS ANEMIA …

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  • 57achrestic anemia — any of various types of megaloblastic anemia that resemble pernicious anemia but are unresponsive to therapy with vitamin B12 …

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  • 58tropical macrocytic anemia — a type of nutritional macrocytic anemia seen in impoverished tropical regions, resembling pernicious anemia but without achlorhydria and only erratically responsive to vitamin B12. The etiology is often related to folate deficiency, and… …

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  • 59juvenile pernicious anemia — congenital pernicious a …

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  • 60biermer's anemia — ˈbirmərz noun also biermer s disease Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Anton Biermer died 1892 German physician : pernicious anemia …

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