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MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anemia characterized by many large immature and dysfunctional red blood cells (megaloblasts) in the bone marrow; associated with pernicious anemia
Synonyms:
megaloblastic anaemia; megaloblastic anemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("megaloblastic anemia" is a kind of...):
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))
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