megaloblastic anaemia

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to megaloblastic anaemia: pernicious anaemia, macrocytic anaemia, hypochromic anaemia, sideroblastic anaemia

megaloblastic anaemia

(Pathology) any anaemia, esp pernicious anaemia, characterized by the presence of megaloblasts in the blood or bone marrow

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

megaloblastic anaemia - anemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow; associated with pernicious anemia

megaloblastic anemia

malignant anaemia, malignant anemia, pernicious anaemia, pernicious anemia - 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)

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

The council's public health department also submitted a report highlighting the side effects of laughing gas including dizziness, nausea, megaloblastic anaemia and nerve damage.

Nightclub rapped after balloons of laughing gas sold; BOSSES CLAIMED THEY WERE UNAWARE SUBSTANCE WAS ILLEGAL

Administration of PHZ resulted in megaloblastic anaemia characterised by decreases in RBC, Hb, and PCV.

Preclinical Evaluation of the Haematinic Activity of an Oral Indiffusible Mixture of Tamarindus indica L. Leaf Extract/Tamarindus indica L. Yaprak Ekstresinden Hazirlanan Oral Dagilmayan Karisimin Hematinik Etkisinin Preklinik Degerlendirmesi

It has been found that incidence of megaloblastic anaemia is increasing over last two decades.

PREVALENCE OF THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND PANCYTOPENIA IN PATIENTS WITH MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA

Heavy metal poisoning, haemoglobinopathies, severe infections, sideroblastic anaemia, megaloblastic anaemia.

Journal Questionnaire

Iron deficiency, haemolytic and megaloblastic anaemia occur in diabetes through various mechanisms.

Rubrivigilance in diabetes

Megaloblastic anaemia: prevalence and causative factors.

Vitamin B12 deficiency associated with hyperbilirubinemia and cholestasis in infants

megaloblastic anaemia (MA), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs), HIV

Anaemia: approach to diagnosis

Folic acid: plasma levels usually indicate deficiency, and megaloblastic anaemia is frequently present in adults, but uncommon in children.

The link between coeliac disease, chronic inflammation and malignancy: a literature review

Megaloblastic anaemia. In: API Textbook of Medicine, 9th edn.

Clinical profile and response in patients with megaloblastic anemia

[12,14] Also, since the CHr is calculated from the reticulocyte MCV, patients with haemoglobinopathy associated with microcytosis will have a falsely low CHr, while patients with megaloblastic anaemia or macrocytic indices (MCV >100 fl), including some patients on antiretroviral therapy, will have a falsely elevated CHr.

Diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia in hospital patients: use of the reticulocyte haemoglobin content to differentiate iron deficiency anaemia from anaemia of chronic disease

Infantile vitamin [B.sub.12] deficiency was first reported in six South Indian infants, who presented at 7-12 months with megaloblastic anaemia, developmental regression and skin hyperpigmentation.

Neuroregression in an infant: a rare cause

Megaloblastic anaemia due to vitamin B12 deficiency was diagnosed through a combination of clinical and laboratory findings, including clinical presentation, increased mean corpuscular volume (macrocytosis), hypersegmentation of neutrophils, and low vitamin B12 levels.