pernicious anaemia

1. 1.

   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)

   Synonymspernicious anemiamalignant anemiamalignant anaemia

   Broaderanemia

   Narrowermegaloblastic anemiametaplastic anemia

Questions about pernicious anaemia

What does pernicious anaemia mean?

pernicious anaemia means "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)".

What is another word for pernicious anaemia?

Close synonyms include pernicious anemia, malignant anemia, malignant 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 pernicious anaemia a common word?

pernicious anaemia 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.