PERNICIOUS ANEMIA as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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)
   Synonym(s)
   • malignant anaemia (what does malignant anaemia mean?)
   • malignant anemia (what does malignant anemia mean?)
   • pernicious anaemia (what does pernicious anaemia mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pernicious anemia is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • anemia (what does anemia mean?)
   • anaemia (what does anaemia mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • megaloblastic anemia (what does megaloblastic anemia mean?)
   • megaloblastic anaemia (what does megaloblastic anaemia mean?)
   • metaplastic anemia (what does metaplastic anemia mean?)
   • metaplastic anaemia (what does metaplastic anaemia mean?)