METAPLASTIC ANEMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metaplastic anemia mean? 

• METAPLASTIC ANEMIA (noun)
  The noun METAPLASTIC ANEMIA has 1 sense:

1. pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed

  Familiarity information: METAPLASTIC ANEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METAPLASTIC ANEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pernicious anemia in which the various formed elements in the blood are changed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

metaplastic anaemia; metaplastic anemia

Hypernyms ("metaplastic 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))