macrocytic anemia

1. 1.

   anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is larger than normal

   Synonymsmacrocytic anaemia

   Broaderanemia

Questions about macrocytic anemia

What does macrocytic anemia mean?

macrocytic anemia means "anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is larger than normal".

What is another word for macrocytic anemia?

Close synonyms include macrocytic anaemia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is macrocytic anemia a common word?

macrocytic anemia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.