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REFRACTORY ANEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease)
Synonyms:
refractory anaemia; refractory anemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("refractory anemia" is a kind of...):
anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "refractory anemia"):
sideroblastic anaemia; sideroblastic anemia; siderochrestic anaemia; siderochrestic anemia (refractory anemia characterized by sideroblasts in the bone marrow)
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