pernicious anaemia

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pernicious anaemia

(Medicine / Pathology) a form of anaemia characterized by lesions of the spinal cord, weakness, sore tongue, numbness in the arms and legs, diarrhoea, etc.: associated with inadequate absorption of vitamin B₁₂

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pernicious anaemia - 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)

malignant anaemia, malignant anemia, pernicious anemia

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

anemia, anaemia - a deficiency of red blood cells

Translations

pernicious anaemia

n (Med) → perniziöse Anämie

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