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Definition: Pernicious Anemia |
Pernicious AnemiaNoun1. 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). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A type of anemia (low red blood cell count) caused by the body's inability to absorb vitamin B12. (references) |
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Synonyms: Pernicious AnemiaSynonyms: malignant anaemia (n), malignant anemia (n), pernicious anaemia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pernicious Anemia |
| English words defined with "pernicious anemia": antipernicious anemia factor ♦ chronic gastritis, chronic glossitis, cobalamin, cyanocobalamin ♦ macrocyte, megaloblast, megaloblastic anaemia, megaloblastic anemia, megalocyte, metaplastic anaemia, metaplastic anemia ♦ vitamin B12. (references) |
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Health | The physician will also need to rule out stroke, neurosyphilis, spinocerebellar ataxias, pernicious anemia, diabetes, Sjogren's disease, and vitamin B12 deficiency. (references) | |
Other autoimmune disorders such as diabetes, pernicious anemia (a chronic, progressive blood disorder), and thyroiditis (inflammation of the thyroid gland) may occur more frequently in patients with stiff-person syndrome. (references) | ||
The polyendocrine deficiency syndrome is classified into two separate forms, referred to as type I and type II. Type I occurs in children, and adrenal insufficiency may be accompanied by underactive parathyroid glands, slow sexual development, pernicious anemia, chronic candida infections, chronic active hepatitis, and, in very rare cases, hair loss. Type II, often called Schmidt's syndrome, usually afflicts young adults. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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pernicious anemia | 364 |
pernicious anemia symptom | 21 |
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| Language | Translations for "pernicious anemia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pernicioes anaemi (Addison anemia, Addisonian anemia, Biermer disease), perniciøs anæmi (pernicious anaemia), anaemia perniciosa (pernicious anaemia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pernicieuze anemie (Biermer disease), pernicieuse anemie (Addison anemia, Addisonian anemia, pernicious anaemia), ziekte van Biermer (Biermer disease), anemie van Biermer (Biermer disease), anemie van Addison (Addison anemia, Addisonian anemia, Biermer disease), anaemia perniciosa (Addison anemia, Addisonian anemia, Biermer disease), anaemia maligna (Biermer disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pernisioosi anemia (pernicious anaemia), näivetysveritauti (pernicious anaemia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maladie de Biermer, anémie pernicieuse (pernicious anaemia), anémie de Biermer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Perniziosa (Biermer disease), pernizioese Anaemie (Biermer disease), Morbus Biermer (Biermer disease), Lebert essentielle Anaemie (Biermer disease), Hunter-Addison Anaemie (Biermer disease), Biermer-Ehrlich-Addison Anaemie (Biermer disease), Anaemia perniciosa (Biermer disease), Anaemia maligna (Biermer disease), Addison Anaemie (Addison anemia, Addisonian anemia, Biermer disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κακοήθησ αναιμία, κακοήθης μεγαλοβλαστική αναιμία (Biermer disease), κακοήθης αναιμία (Biermer disease, pernicious anaemia), αναιμία Biermer (Biermer disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vészes vérszegénység (pernicious anaemia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | malattia di Biermer (Biermer disease), anemia perniciosa (Addison anemia, Addisonian anemia, Biermer disease, pernicious anaemia), anemia di Addison (Addison anemia, Addisonian anemia, Biermer disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 悪性貧血 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あくせいひ"けつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erniciouspay anemiaay anemia perniciosa (Biermer disease, equine infectious anaemia, horse malaria, pernicious equine anaemia, swamp fever). (various references) злокачественное малокровие. (various references) anemia perniciosa (Biermer disease, pernicious anaemia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-i-i-i-m-n-n-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-4 letters: epicureanism, innumeracies. | |
-5 letters: imprecision, oceanariums, prominences. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 6E 69 63 69 6F 75 73 41 6E 65 6D 69 61 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101001 01100011 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 00100000 01000001 01101110 01100101 01101101 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e r n i c i o u s   A n e m i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0072 006E 0069 0063 0069 006F 0075 0073 0041 006E 0065 006D 0069 0061 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507184807569758187852358071797567 |
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