siderochrestic anemia

1. 1.

   refractory anemia characterized by sideroblasts in the bone marrow

   Synonymssideroblastic anemiasideroblastic anaemiasiderochrestic anaemia

   Broaderrefractory anemia

Questions about siderochrestic anemia

What does siderochrestic anemia mean?

siderochrestic anemia means "refractory anemia characterized by sideroblasts in the bone marrow".

What is another word for siderochrestic anemia?

Close synonyms include sideroblastic anemia, sideroblastic anaemia, siderochrestic 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 siderochrestic anemia a common word?

siderochrestic 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.